What does the national hurricane center have to say about the first atlantic tropical storm ana?
The Atlantic Ocean could see its first named storm of the hurricane season in a day or two as a low pressure system off the west coast of Africa gains strength, the U.S. National Hurricane Center and other forecasters said on Friday. The energy and commodity markets have focused on the system, located about 250 miles west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands, because it has the most potential for significant development as it marches across the Atlantic Ocean toward the Virgin Islands near 15 miles per hour over the next two weeks. The U.S. National Hurricane Center gave the Cape Verde system a high chance – greater than 50 percent – of becoming a tropical cyclone over the next 48 hours. Some forecasters said the system could affect the U.S. East Coast late next week. The first Atlantic system to reach tropical storm strength with winds of 39 to 73 mph will be named Ana. The hurricane season is getting a late start this year. By this time last year, there were already five named storms
