Tropical Depression Three forms, could become hurricane in a “few days”

MIAMI, Jun 19, CMC -Tropical Depression Three  formed over the Central Atlantic on Monday with the Miami-based National Hurricane Centre (NHC) urging persons in the Lesser Antilles to monitor the system that could become a hurricane “in a few days”.

The NHC said that the depression was located about 425 miles, east of the southern Windward Islands and has maximum sustained winds of 35 miles per hour (mph).

The NHC said that while there are no coastal watches or warnings in effect “interests in the Lesser Antilles should monitor the progress of this system, which is moving towards the west near 21 mph.

It said this motion is expected to continue for the next several days.

“On the forecast track, the system should be approaching the Lesser Antilles late this week.

Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph with higher gusts. Some strengthening is forecast, and the depression is forecast to become a hurricane in a few days,” the NHC added.

The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, which began at the start of this month, officially ends at the end of November.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) expects a range of 12 to 17 total named storms during the period, with five to nine of them could become hurricanes, which includes one to four major hurricanes.

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