Disturbance still in the Atlantic after Iota dissipates over Central America
The National Hurricane Center is still monitoring one disturbance in the Atlantic Ocean that has a low chance of forming anytime soon, after another disturbance stopped being tracked and Iota dissipated.
On Wednesday, forecasters said Iota dissipated over Central America. The hurricane, which reached Category 5 force, made landfall Monday night as a strong Category 4 hurricane. as it arrived in Nicaragua in nearly the same place Eta had. Eta, a Category 4 hurricane, battered the area two weeks ago.
The first disturbance was a broad area of low pressure that had formed over the southwestern Caribbean Sea, but the NHC stopped monitoring it earlier Thursday.
As of the 7 p.m. advisory, the only disturbance being tracked in the Atlantic is a non-tropical area of low pressure that could form between the Bahamas and Bermuda by early next week.
“The system could gradually develop subtropical characteristics through the middle of next week while it moves northeastward over the western Atlantic,” forecasters wrote.
This disturbance has a low 20% of forming in the next five days.
This story was originally published November 18, 2020 at 9:31 PM with the headline "Disturbance still in the Atlantic after Iota dissipates over Central America."
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