Caribbean tropical wave given little chance of storm formation – NHC

London (Quantum Commodity Intelligence) – A tropical wave to the east of the Caribbean Sea has been given just a 10% chance of developing into a tropical storm in the next 48 hours or the next 5 days, said the National Hurricane Center Thursday.

In its latest bulletin Thursday, the NHS commented, "disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity continues to the east of a small area of low pressure located about 200 miles east of Barbados.

"Increasing upper-level winds are likely to prevent further development of this system during the next couple of days while it moves west-northwestward at about 10 mph."

Tropical waves are areas of low pressure that frequently occur in the Atlantic Ocean during the hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30, and under the right conditions can develop into a tropical storm or potentially intensify into a hurricane.  

Meanwhile, a system off the coast of West Africa, referenced as Invest 95L, is attracting attention from storm watchers, although too early to say if anything significant will develop.  

In May the US government agency, NOAA Climate Prediction Center, forecasted another above-normal Atlantic hurricane season in 2021

The record 2020 hurricane season had a devastating impact on the oil and gas sector, with storms like Marco, Laura and Sally ripping through the Gulf of Mexico and making landfall along the US Gulf coast, which hosts much of the US oil and gas infrastructure.