- A new subtropical storm, Owen, could wreak havoc along the Atlantic this week.
- Storm officials say a low pressure system is causing ‘disorganized rain and thunderstorms’.
- It is possible that if the storm is strong enough it could make it as far west as the Atlantic coast of Florida.
Peak hurricane season may be officially over, but a rare subtropical storm may have formed in the Atlantic Ocean in December for the first time in nearly a decade — and it already has a name.
National Hurricane Center A special tropical weather outlook has been issued for Monday as a low pressure system along the mid-Atlantic Ocean is “producing scattered rainfall and thunderstorms”. As of 8:30 a.m. ET, the system is located about 800 miles northeast of the northern Leeward Islands of the Caribbean.
What does all this mean? possibly an organized tropical depression or a subtropical stormwhich according to the National Weather Service “generally has a large, cloud-free center of circulation, very heavy thunderstorm activity in a band at least 100 miles from the center” and can also bring strong winds .
“This tropical system is expected to be large, extending for hundreds of miles. As a result, wind and rough seas could spread far from the center of the storm,” said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Adam Doughty,
Owen’s possible arrival, next name on the listcomes after the end of the Atlantic hurricane nicoleThe deadly late-season hurricane that became a Category I storm led to evacuation orders along Florida’s east coast in November.
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“Environmental conditions appear favorable for this system to acquire some subtropical characteristics while it moves northeastward during the next few days,” the hurricane center said. “By Thursday night or Friday, however, the low is expected to move over cooler waters, eliminating the possibility of becoming a subtropical cyclone.”
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The areas most affected by the storm this week will be Bermuda and the Azores, an island chain west of Portugal. courtney travisAn AccuWeather senior meteorologist.
But it’s possible that if the storm strengthens enough, it could make it as far west as Florida’s Atlantic coast, Travis said.
The last storm to become subtropical at the end of a calendar year was An anonymous system in 2013According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
