Current Snapshot

The Pacific Disaster Center’s (PDC Global) Friday, September 20, 2024, Tropical Cyclone Activity Report for the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico

CURRENT TROPICAL CYCLONES:

There are no active tropical Cyclones

>>> Central Subtropical Atlantic (Remnants of Gordon):

Showers and thunderstorms have been displaced farther away from the
center of an area of low pressure (the remnants of Gordon) located over a thousand miles southwest of the Azores due to strong upper-level winds. Significant development of this system is not expected while it meanders over the central subtropical Atlantic during the next couple of days.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…10 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…low…10 percent

>>> Central and Western Subtropical Atlantic:

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An area of low pressure located about 650 miles northeast of the northern Leeward Islands is producing disorganized showers and a few thunderstorms. Environmental conditions do not appear conducive for significant development of this system during the next couple of days while it drifts northwestward at about 5 mph over the central or western subtropical Atlantic.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…10 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…low…10 percent

>>> Eastern Tropical Atlantic:

A tropical wave is expected to move westward from the coast of Africa on Sunday or Monday. Gradual subsequent development of this system is possible next week as it moves west-northwestward over the eastern tropical Atlantic.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…low…20 percent

>>> Northwestern Caribbean Sea and Southeastern Gulf of Mexico:

A broad area of low pressure could form by the early to middle part of next week over the northwestern Caribbean Sea. Thereafter, gradual development of this system is possible, and a tropical depression could form as the system moves slowly to the north or northwest over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and into the southern Gulf of Mexico through the end of next week.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…medium…60 percent