The next two named storms will be Nadine and Oscar. Meteorologists are tracking a new area of potential tropical development.
Meteorologists are tracking a new area for potential tropical development in the Western Caribbean only a few days after Hurricane Milton tore through Florida.
Milton made landfall on Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane near Siesta Key, Florida, on the state’s west coast. It came only two weeks after Hurricane Helene hit the Big Bend region and caused catastrophic damage across the Southeastern United States.
Earlier this week, National Hurricane Center (NHC) meteorologists were monitoring a disturbance near Bermuda that has since dissipated. Another disturbance near the west coast of Africa is now showing a 50 percent chance of development in the next seven days.
It’s unclear if the disturbance in the Atlantic will continue to strengthen into tropical storm status. AccuWeather meteorologists also are monitoring a gyre—or a large system of rotating ocean currents—that could strengthen into a stronger storm in the Western Caribbean by the end of next week.
