The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring a low pressure system forming over the western Caribbean Sea, with a 50% chance of formation over the next seven days.
“Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for additional development thereafter while the system moves generally northwestward, and a tropical depression could form by the middle of next week as the system enters the Gulf of Mexico,” the NHC said.
If the low pressure system does become a storm, the NHC predicts its path would move northwest into the Gulf of Mexico, potentially impact the northwest Caribbean Sea and the US Gulf Coast, which is still recovering from Helene’s deadly aftermath .
Hurricane Isaac poses little threat to land, and is expected to make its way out to the north Atlantic before dissipating. National Hurricane Center Tropical Storm Joyce is forecasted to downgrade to a Tropical Depression by Monday, and is unlikely to make landfall. National Hurricane Center
According to Reuters , the storm caused at least 60 deaths across South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia. Over 2.4 million homes are still without power.
Though the NHC is monitoring the storm system, meteorologists say it’s too soon to make any concrete predictions.
“If you have a beach trip planned, there is absolutely no need to change any plans now. Just watch for updates,” meteorologist James Spann wrote on X .
As of Sunday afternoon, Isaac is forecasted to head in the general direction of Europe but is expected to weaken substantially and turn north before lumbering out into the northeast Atlantic.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Joyce is forecasted to downgrade to a Tropical Depression by Monday, and is unlikely to make landfall.
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