Costa Rica Monitors Caribbean Tropical Wave
Costa Rica's Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN) is monitoring a tropical wave in the Caribbean with a 70% chance of becoming Tropical Storm Melissa, potentially bringing heavy rains and floods.
Those living along the Caribbean coast are aware of how quickly the weather can change in October. The IMN is tracking the tropical wave, labeled Onda Tropical #40, which is currently located about 1,000 kilometers east of Costa Rica's shores.
The wave is moving west at a slow pace of 15 to 20 kilometers per hour, carrying showers and gusty winds that have already hit the Leeward Islands. Forecasters at the IMN and the U.S. National Hurricane Center agree that conditions are favorable for growth, with warm waters and low wind shear.
Conditions look right for growth, with warm waters and low wind shear in play.
The IMN and the U.S. National Hurricane Center will continue to monitor the situation, and if the tropical wave develops into a tropical storm, it will be named Melissa.
Author's summary: Costa Rica monitors a tropical wave with a 70% chance of becoming a storm.
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