Weather disturbance near Bermuda eyed for potential cyclone development
Gavin Riley / Our Today
administratorSleuths at the US-based National Hurricane Center conclude system not a risk to the Caribbean
Meteorologists at the Florida-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) are currently tracking a weather disturbance northeast of Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday (May 19).
The NHC, in a statement, gave the low-pressure system a 40 per cent chance of further development within the next five days.
“A non-tropical, low-pressure system is forecast to develop a few hundred miles northeast of Bermuda by tomorrow afternoon and produce gale-force winds,” the NHC explained.
“The [system] is then forecast to move west-southwestward over warmer waters on Friday and could become a short-lived subtropical cyclone over the weekend to the northeast of Bermuda,” the hurricane watchdog reported.
The forecast additionally anticipated the system to move into a more hostile weather environment by Monday.
The 2021 North Atlantic Hurricane Season kicks off on June 1.
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