Forecasters monitor new disturbance in Caribbean Sea; Gordon could form again

Forecasters are watching for development of a new disturbance that emerged Tuesday night in the Caribbean Sea, and the remnants of former Tropical Storm Gordon could form again, possibly into a tropical storm.

The new system over the western Caribbean Sea could slowly develop through early next week, the National Hurricane Center said. It is expected to move slowly north or northwest into the northwestern Caribbean.

As of 8 p.m. Tuesday, it has been given a 20% chance of developing in the next seven days.

What remains of Tropical Storm Gordon is unorganized storms over the open water in the central Atlantic. The disturbance will slowly move north-northeast in the next few days and could become a tropical depression or storm again while moving north, forecasters said.

As of 8 p.m., it has a 60% chance of forming in the next seven days and a 30% chance in the next two days.

Experts at Colorado State University issued an updated two-week forecast Tuesday, calling for a normal of hurricane activity. The forecast says it is very unlikely there will be an above-normal amount of activity through the next two weeks.

Their forecast notes that Gordon could reform in a few days and that global models show a tropical cyclone forming in the western Caribbean in the next eight to 12 days, which has the potential to be strong but might be short-lived.

The system in the Caribbean should be “closely monitored for potential landfall impacts,” the CSU forecast said, regardless of how strong it might end up becoming.

The next named storm will be Helene.

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