Hurricane center watching 3 systems in tropics
The National Hurricane Center is tracking three systems that have a slim chance of forming into the next tropical depression or tropical storm.
The first is located about 75 miles from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and has only a 10% chance of forming over the next two to five days.
The disorganized showers and thunderstorms have circulation less defined on Sunday. Dry air and strong upper-level winds are expected to prevent any further development of this system, but heavy rainfall and gusty winds are still possible over portions of the North Caroling Outer Banks through Monday.
Second, a tropical wave located about 500 miles east-southeast of the Windward Islands is producing cloudiness and thunderstorms. The NHC said it has a 20% chance of forming in the next two days and 30% chance of forming in the next five days. The system is moving west-northwestward at about 15 mph.
A third system is a tropical wave located over the eastern Caribbean Sea producing a large area of disorganized cloudiness and showers over portions of the Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.
The NHC gives is a 10% chance of forming over the two days, and 20% chance in the next five days.
If any of the three storms form into a system with more then 39 mph sustained winds, it would be named Tropical Storm Wanda, the last name in the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season alphabet.
