Hurricane Center warns of a tropical depression that could cause rains in Guatemala
A low pressure system that sits over the central Caribbean Sea continues to produce showers and thunderstorms. According to alerts launched this Sunday by the National Hurricane Center (NHC, for its acronym in English) of the United States, Cyclone XV is likely to become a tropical depression.
The system has a west-northwest direction with a speed of between 10 and 15 miles per hour, over the center of the northwestern Caribbean, reports the NHC.
The National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology (Insivumeh) reported this Sunday, October 30, that The monitoring of this low pressure system is being carried out, which could intensify into a depression and cause rains in the country next week.
The weather bulletin states that “Currently the system is south of the Dominican Republic and is moving slowly westward, so it is expected to influence the rains in our region by the middle of next week.”
The Insivumeh detailed that the models analyzed forecast an increase in cloudy weather and rain from Wednesday, November 2, 2022 over the entire country, with significant accumulations over the North, the Northern Transversal Strip, the Caribbean and Bocacosta.
It ensures that surveillance of the system will continue and the pertinent information will be issued during the course of the week.
aerial surveillance
A hurricane hunter plane of the National Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA, in English) and the Reserve of the US Air Force are monitoring the system, adds the observatory based in Miami (Florida).
The chances of formation of an organized system are 70% in the next 48 hours and 80% in five days.
The last cyclone in the Atlantic basin this season was Karl, a tropical storm that hit the Mexican coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
Ian, the fourth hurricane of 2022, since its formation in the central Caribbean last September, it left a trail of destruction, especially in western Cuba and Florida, where it crossed the peninsula from west to east to reach the Atlantic.
Ian made landfall in southwestern Florida, USA, on September 28 as a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, out of a maximum of 5, causing 119 deaths and billions of dollars in property damage. in the southern state.
After crossing the peninsula from west to east, it came out into the Atlantic and later impacted South Carolina.
Conference
The Guatemalan government reported that tomorrow, Monday, it will give a conference regarding the approach of a tropical wave.
#OfficialCommunication | The Government of Guatemala reports that there are conditions associated with the approach of the tropical wave that has the potential for cyclonic development in the Caribbean. Details will be provided in #GTPressConference tomorrow at 10:00 a.m.https://t.co/mXomKj8NK5 pic.twitter.com/eS4bJgMvc2
— Guatemalan Government (@GuatemalaGob) October 31, 2022
