CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Weather forecasters are watching a rare phenomenon in the Atlantic Ocean… the possibility of two named storms forming near each other. It’s too early to tell what effect either of the systems might have on the Charlottesville area much less what’s going to happen with the two storms, but Accuweather Lead Hurricane Forecaster Alex DaSilva told CvilleRightNow they’re going to put a whammy on many autumn beach plans if one wants a final dip in the water.
Hurricane experts are watching a new tropical rainstorm that formed east of the Lesser Antilles, and another tropical wave moving toward the Bahamas that Accuwather forecasts has a high risk of tropical development by the end of the weekend. Usually in the Atlantic when two storms are fairly close, one hogs up all the energy while the other fizzles out. But these are far enough they could both develop into named storms, but close enough they could start doing a dance with each other called fujiwhara effect.
“That’s the name of it when two cyclones get very close to one another, relatively speaking,” DaSilva said…