Tropical depression number seven of the current cyclone season has formed in the Atlantic, and is expected to reach the Caribbean islands this weekend as a tropical storm, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported on Wednesday. English).
The Miami-based NHC specified in its 11:00 a.m. bulletin that the weather phenomenon was located about 800 miles east of the Windward Islands and was moving at a speed of 14 mph with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph
If it becomes a tropical storm, the system will be named Fiona and will be the sixth named system of the season.
On the forecast track, the center of the system will move across the Leeward Islands on Friday and be near the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico by the weekend, the NHC said.
No warnings or watches have been issued so far, but the NHC recommended monitoring the depression’s progress, especially in the Windward Islands, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
Metrorologists expect strengthening and forecast the depression to become a tropical storm late Wednesday or Thursday, the NHC bulletin said.
The previous system this season, Earl, evolved into a Category 3 hurricane on Sept. 9, before disappearing into the North Atlantic.
The current Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30, has seen little activity so far, with five storms, of which only Danielle and Earl have become hurricanes.
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