The National Hurricane Center is now tracking three tropical storms in the Atlantic. Lorenzo formed Monday morning and is likely to continue to strengthen over the next few days. It will become a hurricane later this week. The storm will be nowhere close to land for the next week. There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.>>> Track the tropics with the WESH 2 News appLorenzo joins Jerry and Karen to mark the second time in the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane season that there have been three named storms simultaneously. The first time was on September 4, when Dorian, Fernand and Gabrielle were active at the same time.Tropical Storm Karen was moving northwest across the southeastern Caribbean Sea as of 11 p.m. Monday, Karen was about 160 miles south of San Juan, Puerto Rico.Forecasters said Karen was “disorganized” early Monday.“This system is very, very disorganized. It could fall apart completely. It could stay north and miss the United States completely or it could make a left turn and head toward the Bahamas, Florida or even Cuba. The reality, there are still 7 to 10 days before this does anything,” First Alert Meteorologist Eric Burris said.Tropical storm warnings have been issued for Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the British Virgin Islands.Karen maps and modelsMeanwhile, as of 11 p.m. Monday, Tropical Storm Jerry was 300 miles southwest of Bermuda with top sustained winds of 65 mph. It was moving north at 7 mph.
The National Hurricane Center is now tracking three tropical storms in the Atlantic.
Lorenzo formed Monday morning and is likely to continue to strengthen over the next few days. It will become a hurricane later this week. The storm will be nowhere close to land for the next week. There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.
>>> Track the tropics with the WESH 2 News app
Lorenzo joins Jerry and Karen to mark the second time in the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane season that there have been three named storms simultaneously. The first time was on September 4, when Dorian, Fernand and Gabrielle were active at the same time.
Tropical Storm Karen was moving northwest across the southeastern Caribbean Sea as of 11 p.m. Monday, Karen was about 160 miles south of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Forecasters said Karen was “disorganized” early Monday.
“This system is very, very disorganized. It could fall apart completely. It could stay north and miss the United States completely or it could make a left turn and head toward the Bahamas, Florida or even Cuba. The reality, there are still 7 to 10 days before this does anything,” First Alert Meteorologist Eric Burris said.
Tropical storm warnings have been issued for Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the British Virgin Islands.
Karen maps and models
Meanwhile, as of 11 p.m. Monday, Tropical Storm Jerry was 300 miles southwest of Bermuda with top sustained winds of 65 mph. It was moving north at 7 mph.
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