TROPICS: Not Done Yet
It's mid-November, but the tropics aren't done with us yet.
Subtropical Storm Theta has formed in the eastern Atlantic. Theta is the 29th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, a new record. It's heading east and could eventually threaten the Iberian peninsula. The storm packs estimated winds of up to 50 miles per hour and isn't expected to strengthen much over the next five days.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Eta is meandering off the western tip of Cuba. With top winds of 60 miles per hour, it's forecast to move slowly into the Gulf of Mexico and could make landfall near the Florida-Alabama border over the weekend.
And a new disturbance has been detected in the Caribbean. Though it's unlikely to spin up into a storm in the next 48 hours, theNational Hurricane Centergives it a 70 percent chance of formation within five days. Worse, it's headed for the same area in Central America that got slammed by a then Major Hurricane Eta.