After a brief lull to close out September, the tropics are getting active again as the 2020 hurricane season is closing in on a new record for the number of storms in a single year.
None of the current activity is expected to threaten the Outer Banks. A coastal trough and weak low pressure area that has slowly moved offshore brought showers and breezy conditions on Sunday.
The National Hurricane Center on Monday morning upgraded Tropical Depression 26 to Tropical Storm Delta, which at 8 a.m. was located about 130 miles south of Jamaica and 270 miles south-southeast of Grand Cayman with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. Movement was west-northwest at 9 p.m.
The system is forecast to approach the northern Gulf Coast late this week as a hurricane. While there is large uncertainty in the track and intensity forecasts at these time ranges, there is a risk of dangerous storm surge, wind, and rainfall hazards along the coast from Louisiana to the western Florida Panhandle.
Tropical storm conditions are expected in the Cayman Islands beginning late today, and a Tropical Storm Warning is in effect.
Dangerous storm surge and hurricane conditions are possible in portions of western Cuba and the Isle of Youth by Tuesday afternoon, and a Hurricane Watch is in effect.
Heavy rainfall will affect portions of Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, and western Cuba during the next few days. This rainfall could lead to significant flash flooding and mudslides.
Delta is the the 25th named system of 2020, trailing only 2005 which had 27.
The list of tropical cyclone names in the Atlantic has been exhausted and is now in the Greek alphabet. Epsilon is the next name on the list.
Tropical Storm Gamma off the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, is forecast to remain in the southern Gulf of Mexico through the upcoming week.
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