A disturbance out in the Atlantic has increased odds of becoming the first named storm of 2021 before the end of this week.
A non-tropical low pressure system is forecast to develop late Thursday afternoon northeast of Bermuda, according to the National Hurricane Center’s 2 p.m. forecast. The system has a 10% chance of developing into a tropical depression or storm in the next 48 hours and a 40% chance of doing so in the next five days.
The system is expected to gain some momentum as it moves southwest over warmer water Friday and become a short-lived subtropical cyclone over the weekend. However, meteorologists expect the storm to weaken as it heads north into hostile environment by Monday, said Eric Blake, an NHC hurricane specialist.
