Broad low pressure area to form SW of Azores (Is Invest 97L)

[CyclonicFury]

This might be the system that makes 2020 the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record. I always find late season systems like this interesting, even though they rarely threaten land or get strong.

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ABNT20 KNHC 061746
TWOAT

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
100 PM EST Fri Nov 6 2020

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical
Depression Eta, located over the Northwest Caribbean Sea a few
hundred miles west-southwest of Grand Cayman Island.

A broad non-tropical low pressure system could form several hundred
miles southwest of the Azores early next week. The system could
gradually obtain some subtropical characteristics thereafter as it
moves slowly northeastward over the northeastern Atlantic Ocean.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.

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Forecaster Papin/Zelinsky

[aspen]

This is the “future Theta” I’ve mentioned on the models thread. With the exception of yesterday’s ICON run, none of the models get this above a TS, but perhaps it could surprise us.

[AnnularCane]

A cool name like Theta deserves to be on a cool storm.

Any chance this will be a cool storm? (Admittedly my definition of "cool" might be a bit looser than that of some others...)

[ElectricStorm]

That is a giant lemon on the NHC outlook map lol. Anyways it would be cool if this would become like Pablo from last year. That was a fun little guy to track

[AnnularCane]

That is a giant lemon on the NHC outlook map lol. Anyways it would be cool if this would become like Pablo from last year. That was a fun little guy to track

Fun to track, cute as a button... Yeah, wouldn't mind another one like that.

[aspen]

That is a giant lemon on the NHC outlook map lol. Anyways it would be cool if this would become like Pablo from last year. That was a fun little guy to track

Fun to track, cute as a button... Yeah, wouldn't mind another one like that.

I would love another Epsilon out of this (‘05 or ‘20, take your pick).

[underthwx]

That is a giant lemon on the NHC outlook map lol. Anyways it would be cool if this would become like Pablo from last year. That was a fun little guy to track

It's like they say...when the NHC hands you a lemon....make lemonade!...

[aspen]

It looks like if this does form, it’ll only be a TS that lasts for a few days before weakening in the far eastern Atlantic. Unless it does something unexpected, this could end 2020’s unusual late season hurricane streak.

[aspen]

The global models seem to like future Theta a little more. They don’t show it getting stretched apart, and some like the Euro even get this to the Iberian Peninsula as a TC (or close to one).