Atlantic Area To Watch
An area of low pressure in the northern Atlantic Ocean is being tracked by the National Hurricane Center for the possible formation of the season’s first tropical depression or storm.
The low-pressure system is located about 600 miles east-northeast of Bermuda and has become a bit better organized since the NHC began tracking it on Sunday. Only a small increase in shower and thunderstorm activity could allow it to form into Tropical Depression One or Tropical Storm Andrea.
This system’s window of opportunity to develop is small since environmental conditions become increasingly hostile by Tuesday.
The good news is that since the system’s location is far from land, as depicted on the map above, it’s no threat to the United States or anywhere else.
On average (1991-2020), the first Atlantic storm of the season has formed by June 20, so if Andrea develops out of this disturbance it’d be right on time.
Chris Dolce has been a senior digital meteorologist with weather.com for 15 years after beginning his career with The Weather Channel in the early 2000s.
