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The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring two tropical waves in the Atlantic, although the chances of cyclonic development remain low in both cases.
The first one is located in the central tropical Atlantic, where a tropical wave is expected to emerge from the African coast in the coming days.
This could interact with another disturbance already present in the region, creating a combined system that may experience some slow development as it moves to the west-northwest at a speed of 15 to 20 miles per hour (between 24 and 32 km/h), the entity noted in the latest report.
He explained that the probability of formation in 48 hours is 0% and in the next seven days is 20%.
The second monitoring system is located in the southwest Atlantic, where a low-pressure area could develop along a lingering front, near the northwest Bahamas and southern Florida, over the next two days.
Any potential development of this system would be gradual as it moves across the Florida peninsula toward the Gulf of Mexico.
The likelihood of formation in 48 hours is 10% and in 7 days it's also 10%.
This system caused intense rains in eastern Cuba, where two fatalities were reported in the province of Santiago de Cuba due to collapses in their homes during the downpours.
Both systems represent a low immediate threat, but meteorologists recommend staying alert to their development, especially considering the favorable conditions that typically occur in the Atlantic during October, in the latter half of the hurricane season.
On its part, Hurricane Imelda, which had moved east of Bermuda, has weakened and transformed into an extratropical cyclone this Thursday morning, according to the latest and final bulletin issued by the NHC.
At 11:00 a.m. (AST), Imelda was located at 33.2°N and 59.5°W, with maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour (120 km/h) and moving towards the east-northeast at 29 miles per hour (46 km/h).
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