MIDWAY, Fla. (WTXL) -- On this first day of the 2016 hurricane season, we resume our daily summaries of activity present in the tropical Atlantic basin, highlight areas of interest or concern, and provide projections on such activity as they occur.
A broad mass of moisture and cloudiness in the far southwestern Caribbean is rather disorganized and encountering a source of faster upper-level winds. Also, dry air near this system will slow any development efforts. Longer-range guidance indicates this wave of moisture maintaining some rough organization while drifting northwest by the weekend. A defined low-pressure system may develop from this moisture if the upper flow weakens. It appears as if the moisture may attempt to enter the southernmost Gulf of Mexico early next week, providing at least a higher rain chance for the Florida Straits and parts of the peninsula. Further development chances beyond this scenario remain on the low side.
The remnant circulation from the former Tropical Storm Bonnie are still hugging the Carolina coastline Wednesday afternoon, providing periodic bouts of rain for that region but not much else. Redevelopment is not expected.
Other than these, there are no other points of interest in the Gulf, Caribbean, or open Atlantic.
