Subtropical system likely this weekend near the Bahamas

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The National Hurricane Center and WINK Weather Team will be monitoring an area of low pressure this weekend for subtropical development. It’s looking more likely that we’ll have a subtropical depression or storm near the Bahamas by Monday.

Here’s how it could form: deep tropical moisture will be situated across South Florida and the Keys later this week along a stalled front. An area of low pressure will gradually develop along the front in the Bahamas and push northeast. This system could then become subtropical or a hybrid, gathering power and energy from both the water and atmosphere in the Atlantic Ocean.

Right now, the area of low pressure has not yet formed. Once it does, we’ll get a better idea of exact timing and potential development. Models do have a current disagreement on specific track and timing.

Residents along the east coast of Florida should prepare for higher-than-normal wave heights and hazardous beach conditions.

The first storm name of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is Arthur.

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