NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
800 AM EDT Thu Sep 26 2024
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Helene, located over the southeast-ern Gulf of Mexico and on Tropical Storm Isaac, located over the central Subtropical Atlantic Ocean.
Eastern and Central Tropical Atlantic (AL98):
Shower and thunderstorm activity associated with an area of low pressure located several hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands has become more organized during the past several hours. En-vironmental conditions appear conducive for continued development of this system, and a tropical depression could form as soon as later today while it moves generally westward to west-northwestward near 15 mph today and tomorrow. The system is then forecast to slow down and turn northward late Friday and Saturday.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent.
Forecaster D. Zelinsky
