A disturbance swirling over the Caribbean Sea has now been designated as Potential Tropical Cyclone Nineteen on Wednesday, and forecasters say the system will eventually likely strengthen into Tropical Storm Sara in the coming days. Nov. 13, 2024.
MIAMI—A disturbance swirling over the Caribbean Sea on Wednesday has now been designated Potential Tropical Cyclone Nineteen, and forecasters say the system will likely strengthen into Tropical Storm Sara in the coming days.
The PTC designation allows the NHC and other governments to issue tropical weather watches and warnings when a disturbance isn’t quite at tropical storm strength, but is expected to get there soon with storm impacts occurring within 36 hours.
Some of those models show that the system, previously designated as Invest 99L on Tuesday, could continue to strengthen and become a hurricane. Hurricane Watches have been posted for parts of Honduras with Tropical Storm Watches in northern Nicaragua.
“The atmospheric pattern over the Caribbean appears extremely conducive for likely-Sara to further organize and strengthen,” FOX Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross said. “The only obvious impediment to the system becoming an intense hurricane in the Caribbean appears to be interaction with land.”
What’s the latest with Potential Tropical Cyclone 19?
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Potential Tropical Cyclone Nineteen is located in the Caribbean Sea, slowly moving westward.
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What’s the forecast for Potential Tropical Cyclone 19?
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The NHC says Potential Tropical Cyclone Nineteen will continue to move westward toward the western Caribbean Sea, and Jamaica should see showers and thunderstorms associated with the system throughout the next day.
Forecasters expect further development over the weekend. When it reaches wind speeds of 39 mph or more, it will gain the name Tropical Storm Sara.