Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami have no tropical waves in their sights worth mentioning in today’s Atlantic tropical weather outlook. The season usually shows a quick jump in named storms in August and September as sea surface temperatures rise and westerly trade winds calm down. The peak of the Atlantic season is Sept. 10.<\/p>\n
Three weak tropical waves are being watched but none show signs of immediate strengthening.<\/p>\n
Forecasters say high pressure and dry conditions are limiting development of tropical systems in the Atlantic and Caribbean Sea.<\/p>\n
Here is typical report in the hurricane center’s tropical weather discussion today:<\/p>\n
“An upper ridge extends across the tropical Atlc from Africa into the E Caribbean and covers the E Atlc E of 35w. However, due to the abundance of dry air, any shower activity is severely limited.”<\/p>\n
Moderately strong trade winds are also limiting storm development, forecasters said.<\/p>\n
Only three tropical storms have been named so far this year — none of them grew to hurricane status, which requires sustained winds of 74 mph or higher.<\/p>\n
In 2005, the Atlantic had nine named storms through mid-August, four of which reached hurricane status. Katrina — the fifth named hurricane of 2005 — was born on Aug. 23 off the Bahamas<\/p>\n
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