Invest 90L monitored for tropical development in central Atlantic this week
If the system were to develop into a tropical storm, it would receive the name Andrea. In an average season, the first named storm in the Atlantic forms around June 20.
Invest 90L monitored for tropical development in central Atlantic this week
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is watching a tropical disturbance in the central subtropical Atlantic dubbed Invest 90L, which was located some 450 miles east-southeast of Bermuda on Sunday afternoon. The NHC gives the system a low chance of development over the next two days.
The first three weeks of the Atlantic hurricane season have remained void of any tropical threats, but the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is now watching a tropical disturbance in the central subtropical Atlantic.
According to the NHC, a weak low-pressure system has developed some 450 miles east-southeast of Bermuda and is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms as of Sunday afternoon.
This system has been dubbed Invest 90L, which is a naming convention used by the NHC to identify areas it is investigating for possible development into a tropical depression or tropical storm within the next seven days.
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"Some slow development is possible during the next day or so while the low moves northeastward over the central Atlantic," the NHC said. "By Monday night, however, the system is expected to move over cool waters and into a region of strong upper-level winds, ending its opportunity for development."
The NHC gives Invest 90L a low chance of development over the next two days.
Regardless of development, this system will not threaten any land areas as it moves northeastward across the open waters of the central Atlantic.
If the system were to develop into a tropical storm, it would receive the name Andrea. In an average season, the first named storm in the Atlantic forms around June 20.
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.