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Caribbean about to get busy

Posted by Paul Dellegatto under Daily updates, MyFoxHurricane.com website

As we move into late September and October the focus of tropical development shifts from the eastern Atlantic (Cape Verde) to the western Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico. Already, we are keeping an eye on a vigorous tropical wave that should develop into a named storm during the next few days. While we can not predict an exact track for developing systems far in advance, it would make sense that the entire Gulf coast region should be prepared for a tropical storm/hurricane hit between now and mid- October. TCHP (Tropical Cyclone heat Potential) is already at near record levels and this potential fuel is ready to be tapped. The presence of a strong la Nina and recent tropical development trends in the eastern and central Atlantic all suggest that multiple storms will be developing farther west, in areas that would increase the risk of a storm impacting the continental United States.