Tropical Storm Lorenzo has formed as the 12th storm of the Atlantic season. Here’s what the models say

Early Monday morning, Tropical Storm Lorenzo formed in the Central Tropical Atlantic, making it the 12th storm of the season.

Let’s go over what we know about the system and whether we will see any impact from it.

The storm has winds of 50 mph and is moving NW at roughly 16 mph. Fortunately, this storm is not a concern for us as this will remain thousands of miles to our east over the open waters of the Atlantic.

Model consensus keeps this storm as a Tropical Storm, likely due to marginal environmental conditions for development. The system is fighting off wind shear this morning, but additional strengthening is likely due to the shear weakening over the next few days.

Ocean temperatures support some strengthening as well, but something that could prevent significant development is dri