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The season’s convective pattern continues, with a distant tropical wave being monitored…

By Adrian Fuentes

HAVANA TIMES – Atmospheric conditions over western Cuba remain under the convective pattern typical of midsummer, with intense daytime heating favoring the development of clouds and showers over the capital during the afternoon hours. The easterly and northeasterly flow continues to bring moisture in from the Atlantic, with moderate winds similar to those of recent days.

Thursday the 13th and Friday the 14th will bring isolated afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Over the weekend, Saturday the 15th and Sunday the 16th, instability will remain similar, with the possibility of locally heavy rainfall in some areas. On Monday the 17th and Tuesday the 18th, the usual convective pattern will continue, while scattered showers are forecast for Wednesday the 19th, mainly in coastal and inland areas of Havana.

Winds will be predominantly from the east and northeast at speeds of 15 to 35 kilometers per hour (9 to 22 mph), with occasional gusts of up to 45 km/h (28 mph) during thunderstorms. Relative humidity will remain high, between 60% and 90%. High temperatures will range between 32 and 34°C (90 and 93°F), while lows will be between 24 and 26°C (75 and 79°F). Sea surface temperatures will remain near 29°C (84°F).

In the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Cristobal remains active in the central subtropical region and is moving eastward, posing no danger to Cuba. The National Hurricane Center is also monitoring a tropical wave in the central Atlantic, near the Cape Verde Islands, with a high probability of becoming a tropical depression in the coming days, although its potential track does not pose an immediate threat to Cuba. No tropical cyclone development is expected in the Caribbean Sea or Gulf of Mexico during the next seven days. Insmet continues its routine monitoring during the hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through November 30.

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