The National Hurricane Center (NHC, in English) reported this Monday the formation of Tropical Storm Kirk in the Atlantic. In addition, it has predicted that it will become a “large and powerful” hurricane later this week.
The system, which still does not represent a threat on land, is 1,125 kilometers away west of the Cape Verde Islands, according to the latest NHC bulletin. Kirk is the 11th named tropical storm of the current hurricane season, which ends Nov. 30.
The meteorological phenomenon, at the moment, has maximum sustained winds of 85 kilometers per hour. Even so, there are no coastal alerts or warnings in force in relation to this phenomenon.as confirmed by the aforementioned report. The NHC expects Kirk to continue its west-to-west-northwest track through Tuesday. This day it is expected to become a hurricane, although it will not be until the end of the week when it becomes more “powerful.”
Meanwhile, US authorities continue to evaluate six states the damage left by Hurricane Helenewhich since Thursday night has caused at least a hundred deaths in the country.
Isaac, for its part, has been downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm. and is expected to become a post-tropical system this Monday. Joyce, which also posed no threat on land, is now a tropical depression that will shrink to a low pressure system later, according to NHC forecasts.
According to the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Atlantic hurricane season, which officially began on June 1could have “above” average activity. Between 8 and 13 hurricanes are expected, of which between 4 and 7 would be of major category.
