ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center in Miami on Monday increased the odds of tropical development in the Atlantic Ocean over the next five days to 40%.
It’s because of Hurricane Agatha, a Category 2 Pacific hurricane due to hit Mexico on Monday. After the storm moves over land and eventually dissipates, its remnants could help spawn Tropical Storm Alex, which would be the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.
“A large and complex area of low pressure is expected to develop across Central America, the Yucatán Peninsula, and the southwest Gulf of Mexico in a few days, partially related to the remnants of Hurricane Agatha from the eastern Pacific,” the hurricane center said Monday in its 2 p.m. Tropical Weather Outlook.
