“What we know is that it is very likely that the system will impact the Bahamas and areas in Florida by this weekend as a named tropical system”, continued Williams.
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Hurricane Hunters are scheduled to investigate the weather system later Wednesday.
Location: 975 miles west of Cabo Verde Islands.
It has been a quiet hurricane season so far, but forecasters are now watching three storm systems swirling in the tropical Atlantic Ocean.
Although Gaston won’t bring any weather to the Halifax area, Robichaud said early next week, surf fans could see “some swell” along the Atlantic coast dependent on whether Gaston becomes a hurricane. The disturbance, designated “Invest 99L”, is expected to strengthen as it moves to the west-northwest. Detailed analysis and updated model information is available on every NBC2 newscast, and an interactive display of spaghetti models and forecast cones is available with our online hurricane tracker.
The system still could threaten SC as early as Sunday.
If the system can manage to make it into the western Atlantic and over the Bahamas, it has a better chance of organizing into a stronger system like a tropical storm or hurricane. “So far, it is not well organized, but it could become a depression or get the name Hermine later Wednesday”. He is forecast to strengthen to a hurricane and stay in open water though early Monday morning. Forecasters say until the storm develops into a tropical depression, or cyclone, the models can’t be relied upon. Although environmental conditions are only marginally conducive for development, this system could become a tropical depression during the next day or two while it moves west-northwest at 15 to 20 miles per hour across the Leeward Islands and the Greater Antilles.
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Metoop Chief Meteorologist Rocco Calaci predicted in his weekly newsletter that Invest L-99 will be come a Category 2 hurricane once it reaches the Gulf.
