MIAMI, United States.- The United States National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported this Friday that Tropical Storm Earl, the fifth of the 2022 Hurricane season, formed on the night of 2 August.
“As of 1100 pm AST (0300 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Earl was located near latitude 18.4 North, longitude 60.3 West,” he said in a statement. release the NHC, in which for the moment there are no mentions of damages for Cuba and the US.
The fifth tropical storm of the current Atlantic cyclone season is moving west-northwest near 14 mph (22 km/h), with a slowing motion in forward speed expected through early Sunday.
According to the National Hurricane Center, advance speed is expected from Sunday to Monday. This Saturday, September 3, the center of Earl will pass near or north of the Leeward Islands, and north of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Saturday night and Sunday.
Data from Air Force Reserve aircraft and NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter, maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph (65 km/h) with higher gusts. Tropical storm force winds reach up to 175 miles (280 km) primarily to the north and east of the center of the weather event.
Earl is expected to produce rainfall totals of two to four inches, with isolated totals of six inches, across the Leeward, British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico this weekend, according to the NHC note, which could cause limited flash, urban and small stream flooding.
This week Tropical Storm Danielle, the fourth of the current season, intensified into the first Atlantic hurricane of 2022. Danielle is currently active in the Atlantic, although it is only of navigational interest.
“As of 300 AM GMT (0300 UTC), the center of Hurricane Danielle was located near latitude 37.9 North, longitude 43.5 West. Danielle remains stationary and is forecast to move west early on Sunday, then north on Monday.
The current Atlantic hurricane season has been relatively quiet due to dry, dusty air from the Sahara desert, forecasters have said, combined with unfavorable wind shear.
Last week, Meteorologist Philip Klotzbachknown as the “Hurricane Guru,” said that for the first time since 1982, no named storms had been recorded in the Atlantic between July 3 and August 22.
The National Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) updated the forecast for the 2021 Hurricane season in the Atlantic in late August and between 14 and 20 named storms (winds of 39 mph or more) are now forecast, of which 6 to 10 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or greater) and of those 3 to 5 could become major hurricanes (winds of 111 mph or greater).
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