Ana could form soon in Atlantic, more than a week before the start of hurricane season
A disturbance that developed overnight near Bermuda, far from Florida, could become this year’s first named storm. It’s more than a week before the official start of hurricane season.
The National Hurricane Center says it has a 80% chance of developing into a tropical depression in the next 48 hours and a 90% chance in the next five days. If it strengthens further into a tropical or subtropical storm, it would be named Ana.
The system is thousand of miles away from Florida and is not expected to threaten the United States.
As of the hurricane center’s advisory at 2 p.m. Thursday, the disturbance, described as a non-tropical low-pressure system, was about 650 miles east-northeast of Bermuda.
The system is forecast to develop gale-force winds later Thursday while it moves north. It could become a “short-lived subtropical cyclone” by the time it nears Bermuda on Friday, according to the hurricane center.
The forecast then shows it moving north and northeast, away from the United States and into the open Atlantic.
The Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1, and early predictions show it could be another “above average” year of storms.
Miami Herald Reporter Devoun Cetoute contributed to this report.
This story was originally published May 19, 2021 at 8:03 AM with the headline "Ana could form soon in Atlantic, more than a week before the start of hurricane season."
