The National Hurricane Center says the system has a 20% chance of developing into a tropical cyclone in the next seven days.
It’s been a week since the final advisory from the National Hurricane Center was written on Ernesto and things have been very quiet since.
In fact, we haven’t been tracking a single thing in the Atlantic basin until Tuesday morning.
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Here’s the latest scoop: An area of low pressure could form in the central Atlantic Ocean within the next few days with further development possible after that. The National Hurricane Center says the system has a 20% chance of developing into a tropical cyclone in the next seven days.
The potential area of development could be hundreds if not over a thousand of miles away from land so we can’t with good conscience talk about potential impacts with any sort of confidence.
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With that said, we will continue to watch this area closely.
Remember, we still have a way to go this hurricane season as the peak is roughly September 10th.
Here’s an interesting fact: September and October are busier, statistically, than July and August. It’s always good to be prepared.
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