Tropical storm Lisa forms west of Cape Verde Islands

Sep 21, 2016, 01:09
Tropical storm Lisa forms west of Cape Verde Islands

A super moist environment is also expected to help Karl strengthen to a hurricane, although forecasters now say the storm is likely to be less intense than originally thought.

Although Karl is strengthening as it heads west, it's not a threat to reach land in the next five days, the center said.

At least two more storms are tracking across the Atlantic behind the former tropical cyclone Julia.

Karl could gain hurricane strength over the next three days as it heads west at 17 miles per hour.

The storm is centered about 280 miles (451 kilometers) west of Cabo San Lazaro, Mexico. Lisa is located almost 4,000 miles away from Florida at this time and Karl poses no imminent threat to land as well. The hurricane center had thought Karl would begin to intensify starting on Monday, but instead Karl remained a disorganized storm.

Tropical Storm Karl could become the fifth hurricane of the 2016 Atlantic season over the next week, but will likely stay far from the US coast.

The storm, which at 0900 GMT was located 625 miles (1,010 kilometers) east-northeast of the Leeward Islands, was forecast to head towards the northwest and then swing northeast, avoiding both the Caribbean islands and the eastern United States coastline.

Water vapor imagery below shows a good deal of dry air over the Central Atlantic which has been helping to limit the intensification of "Karl" so far. "It would mark the second weekend in a row of a tropical system stirring up seas at the Southeast beaches".

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