A disturbed climate area is rapidly receding from Bermuda on Sunday, but it may still become the next named tropical storm, according to forecasters.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami said Sunday morning that Tropical Depression Five is moving northeast at 21 mph and is located about 185 miles northeast of Bermuda.
The system has maximum sustained winds of 35 mph, with higher gusts.
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According to NHC forecasters, the system could turn into a tropical storm during the day on Sunday or until night before turning into a post-tropical system on Monday.
Tropical Depression Five zooms out from Bermuda in this satellite image on July 5, 2020.
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If the system becomes a tropical storm, it will be called “Edouard”.
“A small change in strength is forecast today,” the NHC said.
The system is bringing gusting winds into and around Bermuda, which should decrease in the afternoon.
Showers associated with the system can bring up to 3 inches of rain to Bermuda, but they also decrease in the afternoon.
Tropical Depression Five can turn into a tropical storm sometime on Sunday.
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The storm continues to advance towards the Atlantic, far from any land.
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If Edouard is formed from this system, he will continue the above-average activity that forecasters have been calling for this hurricane season.
Named tropical storms so far in the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.
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Two tropical storms in May and one in early June affected the Gulf Coast, the Southeast, and the Midwest. A fourth system, Dolly, was formed at sea last month.
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Between 13 and 19 named storms are forecast during the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30, forecasters at the National Administration’s Climate Prediction Center (CPC) said last month Oceanic and Atmospheric (NOAA).
The list of names for the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.
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Six to ten of them could become hurricanes, with winds of 74 mph or more, and three to six could become major hurricanes, capable of inflicting devastating damage.
NOAA’s Hurricane Season 2020 Forecast.
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This forecast is well above the averages of 12 named tropical storms, six hurricanes, and three major hurricanes during the season.
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The hurricane season peaks from late August to early October.
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The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30 and will include the names: Arthur, Bertha, Christopher, Dolly, Edouard, Fay, Gonzalo, Hanna, Isaias, Josephine, Kyle, Laura, Marco, Nana, Omar, Paulette, Rene, Sally, Teddy, Vicky and Wilfred.
