People living from Florida to Georgia, the Carolinas and Bahamas may have to be on alert in the coming days.
In the region as stated the waters are sufficiently warm enough and the winds aloft are light, these are favourable conditions for the development and sustenance of a tropical system. Surface water temperatures are around 26°C and the winds aloft are light and is likely to remain light well into next week.
Should the system form the movement and development of the storm will be slow initially. However, any storm that develops in this region will generally have a northwesterly track.
Even if the systems does not attain a full blown tropical storm or hurricane status, thunderstorms and downpours will affect the region from the Bahamas to the southern Atlantic Coast of the US later this week into next week. In addition to the thunderstorms the sea conditions will become increasingly rough form the eastern Florida coast to North Carolina. Beach goers and ships will have to keep a close eye on the sea conditions.
Should the system develop into a tropical strum or a hurricane it would be named Bonnie since Alex was the first named tropical storm or hurricane of 2016. Alex formed over the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on 13th January and intensified into a hurricane on the 14th and dissipating on the 15th. Alex was the first January hurricane to occur over the Atlantic since 1955.
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