MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – We’re giving you the First Alert to a high chance of tropical development to begin the new week.
Chance of Development
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring an organized low pressure area east-northeast of Bermuda that is likely to become a tropical depression or storm soon. The next name on the list is Hanna.
According to the National Hurricane Center, recent satellite data show shower and thunderstorm activity becoming better organized. While fast forward motion makes it unclear if a well-defined center has formed, environmental conditions favor this system becoming a tropical depression or tropical storm over the next day or two as it slows down and turns east-southeastward.
This system does not pose a threat to the Carolinas.
- Development chance (next 48 hours): High (70%)
- Development chance (next 7 days): High (80%)
Tropical Depression Fay
- Location: Latitude 27.9 North, Longitude 44.1 West (central Atlantic)
- Maximum sustained winds: 35 mph
- Movement: South-southwest at 7 mph
- Minimum central pressure: 1012 mb (29.89 inches)
Tropical Depression Fay is drifting south-southwest across the central Atlantic with sustained winds of 35 mph. Forecasters expect the system to turn southwest, then west-southwest while picking up speed over the next 48 hours. Little change in strength is projected during that time…