According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, hurricane meteorologists spotted a new disturbance in the Caribbean Sea on Wednesday morning while monitoring the remnants of Gordon swirling in the Atlantic Ocean.
Late this week or early next week, a widespread low-pressure system could slowly develop in the northwestern Caribbean, hurricane forecasters said. In addition, some formation of the system is possible by the middle of next week as it moves into the northern or northwestern Caribbean or the southeastern Gulf of Mexico.
The system has a 20% chance of forming in the next week and poses no immediate threat to Louisiana.
Gordon turns to the remains
Gordon’s degeneration continued in the central subtropical Atlantic on Tuesday afternoon.
Before Gordon weakened to a low pressure system on Monday morning, it was the seventh named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. The system has continued to weaken since then.
Now the remnants are causing disorganized showers and thunderstorms over open waters, hurricane forecasters said. The system is expected to interact with a non-tropical low pressure system in two days while moving slowly north-northeastward.
According to hurricane forecasters, another low pressure system or storm could form in a few days as it moves northward across the central subtropical Atlantic. There is a 30% chance that the low pressure system will form in the next two days and a 60% chance that it will develop in the next week.
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