With less than three weeks remaining in the current hurricane season, which has been dramatic for Cuba, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned on Monday that there is a 40 percent chance of a tropical depression forming in the western Caribbean within the next week.
"A broad area of low pressure is expected to form over the western Caribbean Sea in the coming days. Environmental conditions appear favorable for the gradual development of this system thereafter," the NHC stated in its 7:00 a.m. bulletin.
The U.S. meteorological agency warned that "a tropical depression could form by the end of this week or this weekend."
The encouraging news for Cuba is that, for now, the phenomenon is moving slowly to the west and, if it continues on this path, it will not impact the country, which recently endured the impact of two hurricanes in just two weeks: first Oscar in Guantánamo and then Rafael in Artemisa and other western provinces.
If a new tropical storm forms, it would be named Sara, the 18th of the current hurricane season.
Mexico is closely monitoring the phenomenon that, if it continues on its current path, could pose a serious threat to the Yucatán Peninsula.
Although the Atlantic hurricane season will officially end on November 30, 2024, weather threats show no signs of abating.
Recently, another phenomenon, in this case a low-pressure trough located in the eastern Caribbean Sea, also alarmed the Cuban people, particularly those living in the eastern part of the country, who have barely managed to recover from the severe damages left by Hurricane Oscar in that region.
Fortunately, that trough, which ultimately brought significant rainfall to La España and other areas of the Caribbean, did not pose any problems for Cuba.
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