Bermuda on hurricane alert as tropical storm Karl intensifies, Lisa weakens
Tropical Storm Karl continues to gain more strength and is likely to strike Bermuda during the next 48 hours. At present, Karl is witnessing maximum sustained winds of about 105 kmph.
Not only this, the system is likely to further intensify during the next few days. A tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch has already been issued for Bermuda.
The system is presently moving in north direction at 20 kmph but is likely to turn toward the northeast during the next 24 hours. Thereafter, it is expected to come near east of Bermuda by Saturday.
Karl is likely to give heavy to very heavy rains over Bermuda, with intensity ranging from 75 mm to 128 mm.
Meanwhile, tropical Storm Lisa in central Atlantic Ocean, has weakened into a tropical depression on Friday. At present, the maximum sustained winds have decreased to 56 kmph.
The system is likely to further weaken and is expected to become a remnant low by Saturday.
Karl intensifies into tropical storm again, Lisa retains strength in Atlantic
After weakening into a tropical depression, weather system Karl in Atlantic Ocean once again intensified into a tropical storm on Thursday night.
In wake of this, a tropical storm watch has been issued for Bermuda as we expect it to skirt or pass through the island nation by Friday night or Saturday.
At present, Karl is moving in the northwest direction, which is likely to turn northward by today and northeastward on Saturday. The system is producing squally winds with maximum sustained speed of 72 kmph.
Not only this, weathermen predict that Karl could gain some more strength during the next 48 hours with some more sea travel left.
Meanwhile, tropical storm Lisa continue to move in the eastern Atlantic Ocean towards northwest at 12 kmph, with maximum sustained winds of around 80 kmph. It will continue to retain strength and move in similar direction till Saturday.
However, the system is expected to weaken into a tropical depression by Saturday night.
Tropical Storm Lisa intensifies, Karl weakens
Tropical Storm Lisa in Atlantic Ocean continues to gain more strength during the last 24 hours, while storm Karl weakened into a tropical depression.
According to Skymet Weather, Lisa is presently lying about 885 km west-northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. The system has been moving in northwest direction at a speed of 14 kmph, with maximum sustained winds of 80 kmph.
Remaining well away from the United States, Lisa will continue to churn over the open waters.
As we move further, weathermen predict, Lisa to intensify slightly but will eventually start weakening Thursday onwards.
The tropical storm does not pose any threat to the land and thus, no coastal watches or warnings have been issued so far. However, sea may become rough around the Cabo Verde Islands, as well as it could also disrupt the sea travel across this part of the Atlantic Ocean.
Meanwhile, tropical storm Karl has weakened and is now downgraded to a tropical depression in the Atlantic. It is lying around 560 km northeast of the Leeward Islands and about 1520 km south-southeast of Bermuda.
Karl is moving westwards at a speed of 22 kmph with squally winds gusting up to 58 kmph. The system is likely to lose some more of its strength on Thursday. However, weather forecasters are of view that it may intensify again after 24 to 48 hours.
Hence, Karl is likely to threaten Bermuda during the weekend, leading to increased surf at US East Coast beaches.
Tropical storms Karl and Lisa are likely to gain more strength during the next 24 to 48 hours. According to Skymet Weather, as both the systems will continue to travel in open waters of Atlantic Ocean, they are expected to intensify further.
As per the present scenario, neither of the storm is posing threat to land. However, meteorologists predict that Karl has full potential to intensify into a hurricane later this week. It may then pass near Bermuda by this weekend.
Karl is currently seen around 772 km east-northeast of the Leeward Islands. It is moving in west direction at a speed of 23 kmph. The winds are also gusting up to the speed of 64 kmph. It is likely to move rapidly in a west-northwest to northwest direction.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Lisa has already gained more strength during the last 24 hours is likely to gain more strength through Wednesday.
At present, the storm is located around 748 km west of the Cape Verde Islands, with maximum sustained winds of 72 kmph. The storm will continue to move northwestwards at about 19 kmph.
However, unlike Karl, Lisa is expected to started weakening Thursday onwards.
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