Tropical Tracker: All aboard the African wave train
The next name of the 2020 season would be PauletteAfter Nana and Omar were quickly named earlier in the week, Paulette will be the next named storm. After Labor Day 2019, we had 14 more storms before the season came to a close. What has been going on this season has been significant, but the season still isnt close to the benchmark season of 2005 in terms of intensity. That ended up not happening, but two waves off Africa could dance with one another in the coming days, depending on how they develop. This time around, however, development of the tropical waves emerging off Africa will be helped by that MJO we have been speaking of.
Tropical Storm Nana develops into Hurricane
ORLANDO, Fla. Tropical storm Nana developed into a Hurricane on Wednesday. The hurricane has maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. Hurricane Nana continues to move west toward Belize at 16 mph. As of Wednesday afternoon, Nana was about 60 miles east southeast of Belize City with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph. Omar, meanwhile, has been downgraded from a tropical storm to a depression.