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Home Weather Centre Tropical low could develop into Emily soon; may affect The Bahamas
| Tropical low could develop into Emily soon; may affect The Bahamas |
| Sunday, 31 July 2011 07:56 |
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According to Tropical Weather and Hurricane Expert Dan Kottlowski, "Interests in the Windward Islands, Virgin Islands and even Puerto Rico should monitor the progression of this new system." This system is worth keeping a close eye on as we are entering the point in the Atlantic Hurricane Season, when Cape Verde systems take center stage. Storms that originate in this area of the Atlantic produce hurricanes among the strongest we ever see beginning in August. Because there's a chance the blocking area of high pressure that has protected much of the northern Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Seaboard thus far this season may weaken starting next week, there is room for any tropical system that comes along to eventually get very close to the mainland U.S. A modest and different tropical wave brought torrential rainfall on the island of Dominica this past week. The same tropical wave brought record rainfall to San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday. The interaction of tropical waves with weak frontal zones from the north have led to excessive rainfall over parts of the Lesser Antilles since the second half of May. Even parts of Cuba, stricken by drought the past couple of years has been getting substantial rainfall over the past couple of months. It was a tropical wave that passed through the Caribbean islands about a week ago that gave birth to Don.
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Don't look now, but a new system in the Atlantic is likely to be the next tropical system of concern and it could cause big problems over the Antilles next week.