Growing Tropical Storm Lisa churns in Caribbean - Orlando Sentinel

Tropical Storm Lisa formed contiguous successful the cardinal Caribbean to go the 13th named tempest of the season, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of 2 p.m. the strategy is located astir 185 miles south-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica and astir 360 miles southeast of Grand Cayman with sustained winds of 45 mph moving westbound astatine 14 mph.

“Slow strengthening is forecast during the adjacent fewer days, and Lisa could go a hurricane implicit the northwestern Caribbean Sea,” said NHC elder hurricane specializer Eric Blake.

Tropical Storm Lisa cone of uncertainty arsenic of 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. (National Hurricane Center)

Tropical-storm-force winds widen retired up to 105 miles.

A tropical tempest ticker remains successful spot for Jamaica, but the ticker was removed Monday for Grand Cayman Island arsenic the disturbance is forecast to walk southbound of the islands Monday and Tuesday and past attack Central America connected Wednesday.

The strategy is expected to driblet little amounts of rainfall than were seen by erstwhile storms this year, with 1-2 inches crossed the Cayman Islands, bluish Honduras and eastbound Nicaragua, and 2 to 4 inches with immoderate areas up to 6 inches successful Jamaica and Guatemala. Three-to-5 inches are expected with immoderate areas of Belize that could spot up to 8 inches that could pb to flash flooding.

Meanwhile, the NHC began tracking a nontropical country of debased unit located astir 300 miles northeast of Bermuda with a tiny accidental to signifier into a subtropical oregon tropical system. Satellite information shows a tiny halfway with gale-force winds and a concentrated country of showers and thunderstorms adjacent the center.

The NHC gives it a 10% accidental to signifier successful the 2 to 5 days.

The Atlantic hurricane play runs done Nov. 30. The season’s 13 named systems are conscionable shy of the NOAA forecast for 2022, but adjacent though tropical enactment was astir nonexistent successful July and August, September brought the deadly Hurricane Ian that struck Florida.

The NOAA has predicted to beryllium an supra mean play with 14 to 21 named tropical storms. This follows 2020′s grounds 30 named systems and 2021′s 21 named storms.