American meteorologists are on alert with the “record temperatures” recorded this year on the surface of the Atlantic, south of Cape Verde, because they could trigger hurricanes earlier than normal.
“Record-high temperatures in the Atlantic could trigger one or two Cape Verde-type storms next week,” reads the climate portal linked to Yale University in the United States.
These low pressure systems are named after the Portuguese-speaking archipelago because they arise near it, but The impact is felt in the Caribbean and America, after becoming hurricanes.while they crossed the Atlantic to the west, between August and September.
This time, the fluctuating temperatures prompted some weather forecast models to issue a warning for a possible cyclone formation as early as next week, the report said. Yale Climate Connections.
“The sea surface temperature is close to a record, around 28 degrees Celsius”heat that provides even more ascending energy (low pressure) to the warm air currents (tropical waves) coming from the interior of the African continent.
In recent years, the study of the sea and the atmosphere has allowed Cape Verde to contribute to research on climate change and to assess the influence on the origin of hurricanes, for example through the Oceanographic Research Centre in Mindelo (Mindelo Ocean Sciences Center – OSCM), on the island of São Vicente.
Cape Verde authorities released their seasonal forecast a week ago, predicting “above normal” rainfall between July and September. and a “good agricultural season,” but warning of storms (causing depressions) that could hit the archipelago until October.
Source: Observadora
