Riviera Maya, Q.R. — The Atlantic Basin could see its first named storm of the year by the end of the day. According to the National Hurricane Centre of the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), disturbance AL90 could continue to become organized into a storm.
Less than 24 hours earlier, the NOAA gave the same system only a 20 percent chance of further development over the next seven days. However, overnight, AL90 became better organized and now has a 70 percent of developing into a storm.
“AL90 continues to show signs of organization overnight with an area of the low pressure located about 500 miles east of Bermuda. Recent satellite-derived wind data also indicates the system has a well-defined surface circulation with maximum sustained winds of 30-35 mph,” they reported Tuesday.
“While environmental conditions are only marginally favorable, only a small increase in organization and persistence of the current shower and thunderstorm activity is likely to result in the formation of a short-lived tropical depression or storm, as soon as later today.”
The disturbance is located over the open central Atlantic and not expected to impact land. If AL90 develops, it would be the first named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. The Atlantic has remained eerily quiet during the first three weeks of the official start of the stormy season.
