The National Hurricane Centre in Miami said that a low-pressure system in the Caribbean previously reported to have a lower chance of development into a tropical depression now has a 20 per cent chance of formation over the next 48 hours and a 50 per cent chance of formation over the next seven days.
According to the National Hurricane Center, “AL97” is moving generally westward over the central and southwestern Caribbean Sea.
The below “spaghetti model” published by the National Center for Atmospheric Research indicates several possible trajectories of AL97, including in the vicinity of the Cayman Islands and Jamaica.
The National Hurricane Centre said that regardless of development, AL97 has the potential to produce heavy rains over portions of Central America late this week and into the weekend.
Stakeholders should continue to monitor this system along with Tropical Storm Pilar, which is currently about 110 miles south-southwest of San Salvador and 245 miles west of Nicaragua and moving in the general direction of the Caribbean. Tropical Storm Pilar is expected to bring significant rainfall and flooding to Central America.
