Miami, United States.
After a turbulent August in the Atlantic cyclone season, the Atlantic formed in the last hours tropical storm Larry, Which is expected to become a hurricane on Thursday or Friday, according to forecasts this Wednesday of the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in the United States.
Larry, Tropical Storm 12 in 2021, has sustained maximum winds of about 75 kilometers per hour (45 miles) with stronger gusts.
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The NHC, based in Miami, Details that further strengthening is expected over the next few days and is forecast to become a hurricane on Thursday or Friday afternoon.
The system is located on the east of the Atlantic, 280 kilometers (175 miles) south of southern islands of Cape Verde (Africa), and travels west at 31 kilometers per hour (20 miles).
Meteorologists forecast a west-northwest movement over the next few days, followed by a turn to the northwest over the weekend.
Intensive tropical storm winds extend up to 95 kilometers (60 miles) from the center.
Tropical cyclone activity in the Atlantic basin during August was above normal in terms of the number of named storms, hurricanes and major hurricanes.
6 named storms formed in the Atlantic basin this month that ended on Tuesday, with three of them turning into hurricanes, and two of them into large hurricanes.
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Thanks was a Category 3 hurricane when it made landfall south of Tuxpan (Mexico), on August 22, while Ida was a Category 4 hurricane when it touched down near Port Fourchon (Louisiana, USA), Last Sunday.
according to the NHC, Based on a 30-year climate (1991-2020), 3 or 4 named storms typically develop in August, with one or two of them becoming hurricanes.
A large hurricane forms in August every 1 or 2 years, he detailed.
Larry is accompanied today by the tropical depressions Ida, which moves northeast of United States leaving rain, and Kate, who travels across the central Atlantic without posing land threats for now.