Off the coast of Belize, Invest 95L showers and thunderstorms are on track to develop, with a 70% chance of developing over the next two days, according to the National Hurricane Center. Therefore, it has been designated as a potential tropical cyclone. October 18, 2024.
The National Hurricane Center has designated the ongoing tropical disturbance in the northwestern Caribbean Sea as a Potential Tropical Cyclone 15.
The PTC designation allows the NHC and other governments to declare a tropical storm when the disturbance has not reached tropical storm strength, but the storm’s effects are expected to occur within 36 hours and quickly reach high winds. Weather monitoring and warnings can be issued.
In this case, the disturbance is making last-minute developments before making landfall in Central America on Saturday.
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Potential Tropical Cyclone 95, previously designated as Investment 15L by the National Hurricane Center, is located southeast of Belize and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Maximum wind speeds will be 30 to 35 mph, moving west-northwest.
Track the Caribbean Tropics(FOX Weather) Because of this threat, the government of Belize has issued a tropical storm watch from Belize City north to the Mexican border, and the Mexican government has issued a tropical storm watch from the Belize border to Tulum north.
What is the forecast for Tropical Storm 15?
PTC 15 still has the potential to become Tropical Storm Nadine if it continues to develop into an organized tropical system with wind gusts of at least 39 mph. But in any case, the storm is not expected to last long and is expected to move into inland Central America on Saturday, bringing with it strong winds and heavy rain.
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“Stakeholders in Belize and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula should monitor developments in this system,” the NHC said. “Some areas of Central America may experience locally heavy rainfall.”
Particularly in Mexico, locally high amounts of precipitation could occur, with precipitation totals reaching 5 to 8 inches.
Central America Rainfall forecast with tropical disturbances.
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This disruption poses no threat to the U.S. FOX weather hurricane expert Brian Norcross says hostile atmospheric conditions in Florida and the northern Gulf of Mexico mean a potential tropical system will not threaten the U.S. for the foreseeable future. , he said.
