Tropical wave detected in Atlantic -- weeks before hurricane season really begins [View all]
Source: The Independent
Tuesday 20 May 2025 22:12 BST
The first tropical wave of the season was just identified in the Atlantic Ocean — weeks before the start of this year’s hurricane season. Currently moving just west of Africa, large-scale low-pressure systems similar to this may lead to the formation of a tropical cyclone.
“The axis of a tropical wave is near 26W, to the south of 15N, moving west at around 11 mph. Nearby convection is noted in the monsoon trough and Intertropical Convergence Zone section,” forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said in their Tuesday update. Convection is a critical part of storm formation that sends warm air and moisture into the atmosphere.
This one, however, is not expected to threaten the U.S. or develop any further. That’s due to a dry and dusty air mass in its path, WFTV 9 said. Other areas of the Atlantic closer to the U.S. are quiet just 11 days before the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season on June 1.
In fact, it may even be eerily quiet, according to Philip Klotzbach, a Colorado State University meteorologist specializing in Atlantic basin seasonal hurricane forecasts. "Five other years since 1950 have had zero Northern Hemisphere named storms through May 15: 1973, 1983, 1984, 1998, and 2024," he wrote in a post on X.
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