ORLANDO, Fla. – The official beginning of the 2020 hurricane season won’t arrive until June 1, but the first advisory has been issued by the National Hurricane Center, News 6 partner Florida Today reported.
An area of low pressure is expected to develop this weekend a couple hundred miles northeast of the Bahamas. Environmental conditions appear conducive for this system to acquire some subtropical characteristics as it moves northeast through Sunday, according to the Hurricane Center. "This is a couple of weeks early, which happens from time to time," said Jerry Combs, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, Melbourne. "It could develop into a subtropical system.