Advertisement

Community

Subtropical system possible off Mid-Atlantic coast this week

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Monday, October 19, 2026 at 2:27 AM · 1 min read
Subtropical system possible off Mid-Atlantic coast this week — ClickOrlando Local, Oviedo Community news
Image: ClickOrlando Local

An area of low pressure continues to develop along the cold front that crossed over Central Florida on Saturday. It is currently positioned a few hundred miles off the coast of the Carolinas. It currently possesses no tropical characteristics as the main development factors have been from the front itself. However, over the next few days as it slowly drifts towards the north, it will be moving right over the Gulf Stream: a “heat pump” ocean current carrying warm waters from the tropics up the coast of North America towards the Northern Atlantic. As it rolls over the Gulf Stream, it will have fuel to begin gaining some tropical characteristics. This will mean this low will have strengthening factors from both the cold front: baroclinic forcings, and the Gulf Stream: tropical convective forcings. The two combined means this low could be a subtropical system by the end of the week, a hybrid between tropical and non-tropical. As of Sunday evening this low has a medium 40% chance of becomin

Up nextCool & cloudy start to the work week with speedy showers off the waterCommunity · 1 min read
#development
You're offline — showing the last loaded page