AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - National Hurricane Center flags new Atlantic watch zone as tropical wave heads off Africa
The National Hurricane Center has designated a new area to watch for tropical development deep in the Atlantic, though a strengthening El Niño may keep the 2026 hurricane season quieter than usual. A tropical wave is expected to move off the west coast of Africa on Tuesday and drift across the open Atlantic, where forecasters […] The post National Hurricane Center flags new Atlantic watch zone as tropical wave heads off Africa appeared first on American Almanac .
The National Hurricane Center has designated a new area to watch for tropical development deep in the Atlantic, though a strengthening El Niño may keep the 2026 hurricane season quieter than usual. A tropical wave is expected to move off the west coast of Africa on Tuesday and drift across the open Atlantic, where forecasters say some development is possible through the middle to end of next week. The NHC is currently giving the disturbance low odds of organizing into anything significant over the next seven days, citing Saharan dust, unfavorable upper-level winds, and water temperatures that may not cooperate. The designation, FOX Weather reported , adds another data point to a hurricane season that has so far produced two named…Open