The Atlantic is showing a few more signs of life, but for now, there’s nothing to worry about here at home.
Tropical Storm Cristobal formed Wednesday, but this storm is no threat to the U.S. or any other land areas. As of late Wednesday afternoon, Cristobal was located about 765 miles west of the Azores with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph. The storm is moving east at about 25 mph and is expected to turn more east-northeast while gradually slowing down.
Cristobal should begin to weaken Thursday as it loses its tropical characteristics, so this is not the system we’re concerned about.
Our attention is shifting farther south and west across the tropical Atlantic, where the National Hurricane Center is monitoring another area that has become more organized.
That system is now designated Invest 92 and is located roughly 950 miles west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands. Showers and thunderstorms have become more concentrated over the past couple of days, which is a sign that the system is trying to get better organized.
Invest 92 is moving westward across the Atlantic, so it’s certainly something we’ll be watching. Right now, though, it is still a long way from the Caribbean and even farther from the United States. There’s a lot of time ahead of this system, and conditions can change significantly before we know whether it will actually develop into a tropical depression or named storm.
