A broad area of low pressure system in the Caribbean is expected to turn east Thursday and continues to have a small chance of becoming the season’s next tropical depression, the National Hurricane Center said.
The low is a several hundred miles south-southeast of Bermuda and is producing a large area of disorganized cloudiness and thunderstorms, according to the 8 p.m. update. The NHC said the low has a 10% chance of forming in the next two to five days. The system is moving east-northeast. Keeping those odds low are upper-level winds slowing the low’s growth.
However, meteorologists predict the system to come into clash with a front by the end of the week, most likely killing its chances of development, the NHC said.
If the wave forms a system with more than 39 mph sustained winds, it would be named Tropical Storm Wanda, the last name in the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season alphabet.
Hurricane season ends Nov. 30.
jpedersen@orlandosentinel.com
