ORLANDO, Fla. — Two Atlantic disturbances appear to be in a race to possibly become the first named storm of the 2021 hurricane season: Ana.
In its 8 p.m. EDT Friday update, the National Hurricane Center was monitoring two systems with odds of development: a non-tropical low pressure area in the mid Atlantic moving west, and a disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico heading toward Texas.
The first area of low pressure is about 250 miles northeast of Bermuda producing storm force winds and thunderstorms, forecasters said. The storm diminished a bit Friday afternoon, but still has gale-force winds. It has not yet taken on subtropical characteristics and remains unnamed.
