2 Tropical Storms, Possible Hurricane: Landfall in the US Soon

Everyone is advised to buckle up and prepare for a disaster this weekend. Three tropical systems are brewing and being closely monitored by the National Hurricane Center, with two of the tropical depressions likely to develop into at least tropical storms or hurricanes next week.

The brewing tropical depressions pose threats to the U.S. mainland, and everyone is advised to monitor weather updates closely and prepare for the coming storms.

Tropical Depression 13

Tropical storm 13 is expected to develop into a tropical storm and then a hurricane near Florida. Per the National Hurricane Center Advisory, "The NHC intensity forecast now shows the system becoming a hurricane by 96 hours, but it is a little lower than the consensus aids at days 4 and 5 due to uncertainty in how much the system will interact with the Greater Antilles."

NHC says the storm has shown signs of an organization but is still "getting its act together." Residents of Florida or the eastern Gulf of Mexico coast are advised to pay close attention to this storm.

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Tropical Depression 14

Tropical depression 14 is now on the southwest of Jamaica and is forecasted to go through the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico in the next 2-3 days. It may be weakened when the center gets in the land but will likely re-strengthen as it moves to the Gulf of Mexico. The intensity of the forecast is still uncertain once the depression gets near the U.S.

Name of the Storms

On a Twitter post by Dr. Phil Klotzbach, a hurricane expert at Colorado University, he said that the next Atlantic storm would be called Laura. The last Atlantic record for the "L" is "Luis" on April 29, 1995. The other storm will likely be named Marco.

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Numerous Storms in 2020

Another unusual thing with 2020 is that it had many storms in store. For this tropical season, eleven named storms were formed in the Atlantic. According to the National Hurricane Center, an average of two storms usually develops by early August, and the ninth storm is not expected to form until October 4.

A Rare Kind of Storm Successions

It is not unusual for multiple storms and hurricanes to develop in the Atlantic ocean. One storm may hit landfall in the U.S. while another on is raging in Central America or the Caribbean Sea.

On September 8, 2017, Hurricane Irma made landfall in Cuba before midnight. In the Mexican Gulf Coast, approximately 1,200 miles west away, Hurricane Katia was also making a landfall. Tropical scientist, Brian McNoldy of the University of Miami, listed several incidences similar to this.

Two Atlantic Basin landfall hitting the U.S. at once is rarer. The most recent was when Hurricane Jeanne hit eastern Florida on midnight of September 26, 2004, Forty-eight (48) hours earlier, Ivan hit Louisiana on the night of September 23.

But there is one documented case of two landfalls on the mainland U.S. happening at the same time: a Category 3 made landfall at Brownsville, Texas. At the same hour, a tropical shore also moved at Cedar Key, Florida, Klotzbach said. This happened on September 5, 1933. That was 87 years ago.

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