Tropical Storm Lisa expected to form Monday over Caribbean - South Florida Sun Sentinel

Tropical Storm Lisa is expected to signifier Monday successful the Caribbean from a strategy known arsenic Potential Tropical Cyclone 15, and it could beryllium adjacent hurricane spot by midweek, according to the National Hurricane Center’s latest advisory.

The National Hurricane Center began issuing advisories Sunday evening for Potential Tropical Cyclone 15. As of 5 a.m. Monday it was located 16 miles south-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, and 415 miles southeast of Grand Cayman.

It was producing maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and moving westbound astatine 12 mph.

A imaginable tropical cyclone is simply a strategy susceptible of bringing tropical tempest conditions to onshore wrong 48 hours without technically being a tropical cyclone yet.

Jamaica and Grand Cayman remained nether a tropical tempest ticker aboriginal Monday.

The strategy is expected to bring 1 to 2 inches of rainfall to this week to portions of Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the Cayman Islands, bluish Honduras and eastbound Nicaragua.

Belize and Jamaica could spot flash flooding and 2 to 4 inches of rain, with localized totals of up to 6 inches successful Belize, the National Hurricane Center said.

Tropical Storm Lisa is expected to signifier Monday successful the Caribbean from Potential Tropical Cyclone 15, which could beryllium adjacent hurricane spot by midweek, according to the National Hurricane Center. (National Hurricane Center)

The tempest presently poses nary menace to Florida.

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There person been six tropical storms, 2 hurricanes and 2 large hurricanes, Fiona and Ian, truthful acold this season.

NOAA has predicted betwixt 2 and six much hurricanes to signifier earlier hurricane play officially ends connected Nov. 30.

After Lisa, the adjacent named tempest to signifier volition beryllium Martin.