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There are 2 disturbances in the Atlantic, and another could form in the Caribbean

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring three disturbances in the Atlantic, all of which won’t be seeing formation anytime soon.
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring three disturbances in the Atlantic, all of which won’t be seeing formation anytime soon. National Hurricane Center

The tropics are heating up Tuesday, with forecasters watching a disturbance near Bermuda and two other systems — one in the Atlantic near Turks and Caicos and the other in the Caribbean Sea.

The system that is about 150 miles north of Bermuda is producing limited showers and thunderstorms, but likely lost its window of opportunity to develop into a short-lived tropical depression as it moves toward cooler waters and strong winds, the National Hurricane Center said in its 8 p.m. advisory.

Labeled as Disturbance 1 on the map, the system’s development chance continues to decrease, with forecasters reducing its formation chances from 20% to a low 10% through the next two to five days.

What about the other two systems?

Forecasters are also watching a trough of low pressure stretching from the central Caribbean to the southwestern Atlantic, producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms, the hurricane center said.

The disturbance is in friendly enough conditions for some gradual subtropical development over the next few days as it drifts north-northeast.

The forecast shows the system, labeled as Disturbance 2 on the map, meandering over the subtropical western Atlantic to the west or southwest of Bermuda.

The hurricane center is giving the system a 10% chance of formation through the next 48 hours and a 30% chance of formation through the next five days.

Additionally, an area of low pressure could form over the eastern Caribbean Sea by early this weekend, according to the hurricane center. Conditions are expected to be favorable enough for this disturbance, labeled as Disturbance 3 on the map, to see some gradual development as it moves west or west-northwest into the central Caribbean.

The hurricane center says it has no chance of formation within the next 48 hours and a low 20% chance of formation through the next five days.

What’s the next storm name?

Lisa is the next name on the list for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season.

This story was originally published October 25, 2022 at 6:57 AM with the headline "There are 2 disturbances in the Atlantic, and another could form in the Caribbean."

Michelle Marchante
Miami Herald
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow.  Support my work with a digital subscription
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