Hurricane Katia is not a problem, future Maria will be and she is right behind her
| Published on September 5, 2011 11:40 am PT – By Kevin Martin – Senior Meteorologist – Article Editor and Approved – Warren Miller |
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(TheWeatherSpace.com) — Hurricane Katia was never a problem for the Eastern United States here at TheWeatherSpace.com, however one area has been monitored for five days that might be.
Katia will move between the U.S. and Bermuda Island. Bermuda will get Tropical Storm force winds on Wednesday as the storm makes the closest approach.
A disturbance that should become the next named system; Maria, may actually become the problem in the next week.
The system is moving across the Central Atlantic right now and thunderstorms are building very quickly within it. Pressures are dropping as a result.
The system will continue to move toward the Northern Caribbean Islands and Puerto Rico by Friday and Saturday.
Because Former Tropical Storm Lee is now a deep trough in the Eastern U.S., the eastward flow will push the ridge in the Atlantic southward, flattening it. This flat pattern with the jet stream riding over it will be what brings these systems more westerly.
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