Hurricane Sally became a Category 2 storm from this Monday and the National Hurricane Center issued hurricane alerts in areas ranging from Morgan City, Louisiana, to the Alabama-Florida border. However, another threat keeps meteorologists on edge: five active tropical cyclones in the Atlantic.
Tropical Storm #Sally Advisory 12: Sally Expected to Become a Hurricane Later Today Or Tonight. Hurricane Warning Issued For the Coast of Alabama. https://t.co/VqHn0u1vgc
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) September 14, 2020
“Sally spent the weekend as a tropical depression over South Florida and now has winds of up to 100 miles per hour”
Said Javier Serrano meteorologists.
Hurricane Sally’s effects
The NHC warns of possible coastal flooding and dangerous cyclonic storm surges in that area. “It’s still raining in the Cays because of Sally’s bad weather,” the expert said.
#Sally has rapidly strengthened into a hurricane, and some additional strengthening is forecast during the next day or so. #Hurricane Warning is in effect from Morgan City, Louisiana to the Alabama/Florida border. https://t.co/6RohXt3GhI pic.twitter.com/OFRPUmAngF
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) September 14, 2020
For the moment in Miami-Dade and Broward there is a forecast of 30% rain, caused by “the residual moisture left by Sally advancing towards the Gulf of Mexico,” Serrano explained.
Meanwhile, in the Atlantic there are five active cyclones, a fact that has not passed since 1971. Hurricane season has been quite active as predicted by the National Hurricane Center, where all the names planned for the storms that would form this year have been used.
We are issuing advisories on five tropical cyclones over the Atlantic basin. This ties the record for the most number of tropical cyclones in that basin at one time, last set in Sept 1971. See https://t.co/tW4KeFW0gB for the latest updates. #Paulette #Rene #Sally #Teddy #Vicky pic.twitter.com/K32RyJBqbo
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) September 14, 2020
If the list used by the National Hurricane Center is exhausted, the Greek alphabet will be used to identify the rest of the storms, which has not happened since 2005.
