{"id":54740,"date":"2020-08-18T06:47:59","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T11:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=54740"},"modified":"2020-08-18T06:47:59","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T11:47:59","slug":"the-atlantic-basin-is-about-to-come-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=54740","title":{"rendered":"The Atlantic Basin Is “About To Come Alive”\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Atlantic Basin Is “About To Come Alive”\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Michael Ventrice, an atmospheric scientist at The Weather Company, tweeted Monday morning,\u00a0“there’s risk for a\u00a0hurricane to track towards the Gulf of Mexico in 7-10 days<\/u>.”\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Readers may recall the\u00a02020 Atlantic hurricane season has been extremely busy, with eleven storms so far, and the risk of two more storms developing later this week.<\/p>\n

At the\u00a0start of the hurricane season<\/a>, we said:\u00a0“…this hurricane season could be above average,\u00a0with 13 to 19 named storms.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) published a new five-day tropical weather outlook showing two disturbances developing in the eastern Atlantic.<\/p>\n

“NHC is monitoring two disturbances for possible development within the next several days. \u00a0A system in the eastern Atlantic has a high chance of development and a system near the Windward Islands has a medium chance of formation,” NHC said.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The next 7-10 days could be a\u00a0period of heightened activity in the Atlantic and or the Gulf of Mexico. NHC said\u00a0Disturbance #1 has a 50% chance of developing, and\u00a0Disturbance #2 has a 70% chance of developing by the end of the week.<\/p>\n

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