Meteorologists observe two systems, in the Gulf of Mexico and near Bermuda, that can quickly turn into tropical storms
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MIAMI – In the absence of 10 days to the start of hurricane season in the Atlantic, the attention of US meteorologists. was focused on two systems this Friday, one near the Bermuda Islands
and another in the Gulf of Mexico , which can lead to depressions or tropical storms during this end of week.
According to the National Center Hurricane (NHC),
Recent satellite images show a well-defined low pressure system over the west of the Gulf of Mexico, that presents winds between 30 Y 35 miles per hour (48 to 53 km / h) near and east of its center.
8am EDT 21 May : We continue to monitor two areas for possible development.
1) A low NE of Bermuda is likely to become a subtropical cyclone later today.
2) A Gulf of Mexico system could become a short-lived trop ical depression / storm before moving inland over the NW Gulf coast. pic.twitter.com/cjB42 RlSdY– National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) May 21, 2021
The forecast is that before the system moves inland over the northwestern Gulf Coast tonight, a depression or tropical storm could form.
In the Atlantic, downpours and thunderstorms associated with a non-tropical low pressure area located around 300 miles (482 km) east northeast of Bermuda decreased slightly during the past hours, according to the NHC.
The system has not yet acquired characteristics of a subtropical storm, but it is better organized NHC may issue warnings as you move west southwest.
The forecast indicates that Saturday night or Sunday will move northeast.
The Bermuda Weather Service has already issued a storm watch, according to the NHC, that kept the probability of a cyclone formation at 48 hours already five days in the 80%.
In the event of the meteorological disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico , the probability of formation of a depression or named storm increased by 40 yet 60% in the last hours, both in the forecast for the next 48 hours as for the next five days, the NHC said.
The list of names for storms of the International Meteorological Organization for this year begins with “Ana”, so that will be the Name that takes the first one that is formed.
As indicated by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), on which the NHC depends , the Atlantic hurricane season, which begins on next June 1, it will be less intense than that of 2020, but more active than normal.
WATCH: Highlights from NOAA’s 2021 Atlantic # HurricaneSeason Outlook that was issued today. More details at https://t.co / bzKuNgNmlC
@ NOAA @ NWSCPC #HurricaneOutlook pic.twitter.com/s5bz1GI6DT
– National Weather Service (@NWS) May 14, 2021
NOAA forecasts the formation of 13 to 20 Tropical storms with names and between 6 and 05 hurricanes, of which between 3 and 5 would be of a higher category (3, 4 and 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale).
This Atlantic hurricane season will see activity “above normal”, although it is not expected to be similar to that of 2020, which broke all-time records with 30 named storms, said at a virtual press conference Ben Friedman , NOAA Administrator.
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