Hurricane experts have today warned of another huge weather system forming in the Atlantic Ocean that has the potential to turn into a tropical storm as it travels towards the US.
The massive storm system was spotted off the west coast of Africa overnight and already appears to cover an extensive area of the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
According to an alert issued by the National Hurricane Centre a tropical wave centred a few hundred miles southeast of the Cape Verde islands is “producing a large area of showers and thunderstorms”.
The advisory adds: “Environmental conditions appear conducive for development of this wave during the next couple of days as it moves westward at 10mph”.
And it warns the system has a medium chance of being a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours.
The centre of Hurricane Irene is currently over the coast of New Jersey and forecasters suggest it will move inland over southern New England by this afternoon and into eastern Canada tonight.
Data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicated the maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 75 mph, with higher gusts. Irene is still classified as a category one hurricane although it forecast to weaken and become a post-tropical cyclone by tonight or early Monday.
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