FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Forecasters continue to monitor a system in the Atlantic that formed Friday, and is expected to quickly move west toward warmer waters into early next week, the National Hurricane Center said.
Though the system has low odds of developing and is creating little rainfall as of Saturday afternoon, satellite data found it to have maximum sustained winds near 40 mph, the center’s weather outlook said.
As of Saturday afternoon, it has a 10% chance of forming in the next 48 hours and a 20% chance of forming in the next five days.
The system is located well east of Bermuda will move west-northwestward between 15 and 20 mph, the center said.
The new system comes 10 days after Tropical Storm Karl formed and became the 11th named storm of the 2022 hurricane season. So far, there have been six tropical storms, two hurricanes and two major hurricanes — Fiona and Ian, which both formed in September.
Hurricane Ian was the deadliest hurricane to pass through Florida since 1935. The death toll as of this week is 112 people.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts a total of 14 to 20 named storms and six to 10 hurricanes this season. Three to five hurricanes will be major hurricanes, meaning at least a Category 3, the agency’s August prediction said.
Hurricane season ends Nov. 30. The next named storm to form would be Lisa.
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