Aronus Posted November 4, 2024 Posted November 4, 2024 We may have entered the final month of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, but the tropics are showing no signs of cooling down after the National Hurricane Center (NHC) designated an area of disturbed weather in the Caribbean Sea as Potential Tropical Cyclone Eighteen. A potential tropical cyclone (PTC) designation allows the NHC and other governments to issue Tropical Storm Watches and Warnings when a disturbance isn't quite at tropical storm strength but is expected to get there soon, with storm impacts occurring within 36 hours. In this case, forecasters believe the tropical disturbance could eventually develop into Hurricane Rafael in the coming days. "The environmental conditions appear conducive for strengthening during the next few days, and it seems likely that the system will become a tropical storm before it reaches Jamaica and a hurricane before it reaches Cuba," the NHC said. Potential Tropical Cyclone 18 prompts Hurricane Watch in Caribbean | Fox Weather
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