The tropical Atlantic is heating up with activity in a zone that is atypical for so early in the season with at least one system that may pose a threat to the Caribbean as a tropical storm or hurricane.Crew members use devices called dropwindsondes to measure aspects of the storm like temperature, dew point, relative humidity and wind direction.
Because of the high risk of tropical development, AccuWeather began referring to the system as a tropical rainstorm on Thursday to help raise public awareness of the risk to lives and property along the storm's path. Seeing such vigorous tropical activity from the wave train is rather early in the season. Storms typically do not strengthen regularly over the main hurricane development zone until mid-August or later. The period from late June through much of July is typically quiet with only one or two named systems by mid- to late July.
Elsewhere over the Atlantic basin, another tropical wave is approaching Central America. As it moves northwestward, this system has a medium chance of becoming a tropical depression before tracking into east-central Mexico on Sunday. However, it will interact significantly with land, which may prevent development.
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