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After a nearly two-week lull, activity in the Atlantic hurricane basin has increased as forecasters monitor three separate areas of potential storm development.
None of the systems poses any immediate threat to the Cayman Islands.
The nearest system is an area of disturbance in the eastern Caribbean off the coast of Guyana.
According to the US-based National Hurricane Center, the area of low pressure could form within the next five days.
Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for gradual development as the system drifts westward or west-northwestward over the eastern Caribbean this weekend.
Further north, in the eastern section of the Atlantic ocean, another low-pressure system has also been observed.
“An area of low pressure is expected to form midway between Puerto Rico and Bermuda in a couple of days,” stated the NHC. “Thereafter, environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual subtropical development of this system while it meanders over the southwestern Atlantic through the weekend.”
The strongest of the three systems is another area of low pressure near Bermuda. However, forecasters expect the system to continue to weaken in the coming days.
“Showers and thundershowers have decreased since yesterday in association with a well-defined area of low pressure located just west-northwest of Bermuda,” advised the NHC.
“The low is expected to move northward towards cooler waters and into a region of unfavorable upper-level winds which should limit further development.”
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