It’s moving west-northwest at 10 miles per hour.
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The system could gain strength if it tracks to the Gulf of Mexico next week. “But, if or once 99-L becomes better organized, we should expect the models to get a better grasp of its forecast”.
Meanwhile, a new storm system developed over the past day just off the coast of Louisiana and could bring an inch of rain to the Houma-Thibodaux area this weekend.
National Hurricane Center Senior Hurricane Specialist Michael Brennan says it “continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms mainly to the south and east of its center”.
There is 60 percent chance the system could become a tropical depression by Wednesday.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Friday the system now over the Bahamas has a 20 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression by Sunday. The odds of tropical formation within 5 days is also 10%. The weather system was expected to be upgraded to a tropical storm Friday night at which point it was to be named Madeline. This low is forecast to move westward and then west-northwestward at about 10 miles per hour toward the coast of the Carolinas during the next few days, but any development is likely to be slow to occur due to the system’s proximity to dry air.
The center of Lester – which became a hurricane late Friday – was located some 595 miles (960 kilometers) southwest of the southern tip of Baja California, the NHC said in its 0900 GMT bulletin.
The storm is moving toward the northwest around 15 miles per hour – with maximum sustained winds of near 65 miles per hour.
Gaston briefly achieved hurricane status of Thursday before weakening. Another area of clouds south of Hawaii is not expected to affect the weather in the state.
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Gaston is moving toward the northwest at 10 miles per hour and there are no coastal watches or warnings in effect. Forecasters think it could stay a hurricane for a bit longer this go-around as it moves in the open Atlantic.
