Two tropical storming systems one nearby could end protection against Caroline from damage

As a wet tropical system on Saturday, he ran north towards Bahamas, his threat to the coast of Caroline could be determined by his unusual interaction – perhaps even a rare dance – with another tropical system that could direct the mess into the sea.

Still unnamed and developing tropical depression“They are likely to become Imelda – he is going to Caroline and is expected to become over time Hurricane with the potential to bring harmful heavy rainEspecially if it stops and continues to pour out for a while.

AND storm They could come early next week, so the residents of Caroline must be aware of, especially the rain and flood capabilities. But small changes in her path and speed will determine how much a big, bad Humbert could come to help.

A stronger, further east and older storm can be close enough to start interaction. One of the opportunities is that the Humberto, who reached the status of a big hurricane on Friday afternoon, could push a smaller storm to the east. But if Humberto stays far enough, it could allow Imeldi to float off the shore or make a fall.

“Even if we expect to slow down and turn to the east, exactly when it begins and where this happens, it will make a big difference in how much the center is approaching the coast,” said the director of the National Hurricane Center Michael Brennan.

While Imelda passes by the coast of Florida, Brennan said there was a tropical storm for parts of the eastern coast of the country. This means winds of at least 39 mph (63 km / h).

“There will be a high risk of flow. People will not want to be outside in the water,” Brennan said.

As the storm takes place in the north, Carolinas could face a significant threat of the flood. Storm already produces a lot of moisture – experts have said that it is expected to reject the rain on Cuba. If, instead of appearing at sea, the storm makes land or booths right along the coast, then the potential for dangerous amounts of rain would come, according to the explorer of the University of Hurricane in Miami Brian McNoldy.

As it moves, meteorologists look after something incredibly rare that is usually seen more in the Pacific: they could dance together, spinning around the place in the middle. It was first seen more than 100 years ago, and is called Fujiwhara with a Japanese scientist who discovered it. Two years ago, Tropical storms of Philippe and Rina He danced a little further away from the United States, McNoldy said.

These were weaker storms with lower risks. This is not the case here.

“This is several types of high influence, a prognosis of high roles with potentially two hurricanes that do it immediately from the southeast coast,” McNoldy said.

This is something that usually happens when storms within 800 or 900 miles (about 1,300 or 1,500 kilometers) are from each other.

“Not only would it be really neat watching, but it would also reject the future Imelda to the sea,” he said.

Most interactions are likely to pull the younger, smaller system to the east and beyond the coast, McNoldy said, adding that current models show that this possibility is growing more likely.

In a hurricane like Humbert, the air rises in the middle and spreads like a mushroom and then at the end of the sink. It is that sinking air that can interfere with Imelda, the State University of New York, said an atmospheric scientist at Albany Ryan Torn.

This is so unusual that the National Administration of the Ocean and the atmosphere for the additional mission of the aircraft to measure atmospheric conditions between the two systems, said Torn.

This type of situation usually does not happen because there is a type of natural space between the development of storm systems that are west of Africa, Torn said.

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