The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season may not be finished with the U.S ., even after five hurricane landfalls on the Gulf Coast and damages estimated at more than $120 billion.
A tropical wave moving westward in the Caribbean and is likely to become a tropical storm over the next couple of days, with a 90% chance of development over the next 48 hours, the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday morning. It would be the season’s 18th named storm and is in line for the name Sara.
An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter flight is scheduled to investigate the disturbance later today, the hurricane center said.
At least one computer model used to help forecast hurricanes indicates the potential Sara could become a major hurricane threatening the Florida coast next week, but whether it heads into the Gulf of Mexico remains to be seen, with several factors in play. Meanwhile heavy rains are forecast in Jamaica over the next day or so.