WeatherFanatics: Hanna May Redevelop as New Tropical Concerns Arise

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Hanna May Redevelop as New Tropical Concerns Arise

By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist

October 28,2014; 8:00PM,EDT

Tropical Storm Hanna has moved into Central America and weakened at midweek. The system could redevelop and another system bears watching.
Hanna formed in warm waters of the western Caribbean, right along the coast of Nicaragua, on Monday morning. The system originally formed in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico as Tropical Depression 9, but then weakened while crossing the Yucatan Peninsula late last week.

A cluster of thunderstorms associated with former Tropical Storm Hanna continued over part of Central America, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. Other areas of showers and thunderstorms in the western Caribbean and near the Leeward Islands are being monitored for development. (NOAA/Animated gif)

Tropical Rainstorm Hanna will unload locally drenching rain and gusty thunderstorms in Nicaragua and Honduras with the potential for flash flooding and mudslides. Around 6 inches of rain can fall in the general area.
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The high pressure system to the north will prevent Hanna from moving northward into the Gulf of Mexico and approaching coastal areas of the United States. Hanna was the eighth named system in the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season.
Part of the lingering zone of showers and thunderstorms from Hanna could redevelop nearby along the coast of Belize, Honduras and Guatemala this week.

As a result, this part of Central America could continue to deal with locally drenching rain and gusty storms through the end of the week. Proximity to land will mitigate the strength of this system, a was the case early this week.
Farther east in the Atlantic, another cluster of showers and thunderstorms was moving into a marginally favorable zone for development.

According to AccuWeather.com Hurricane Expert Dan Kottlowski, "A disturbance located near the Leeward Islands bears watching for possible development the next few days."
While this system may bring gusty squalls to areas as far west as the Virgin Islands later this week, it is likely to turn northward and then curve northeast of Bermuda this weekend.
The next name on the list of the 2014 Atlantic Hurricane season is Isaias.
Meanwhile, a system south of Mexico, in the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean is likely to become a named tropical system this week. The next name on the list of eastern Pacific storms is Vance.

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