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National Hurricane Center Monitoring Two Tropical Waves in Atlantic, Development Chances Rise to 50 Percent
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two tropical waves moving across the Atlantic Ocean, including one that could develop into a tropical depression later this week.
As of 2 p.m. Sunday, forecasters said a tropical wave expected to emerge off the west coast of Africa early this week now has a 50-percent chance of developing during the next seven days.
Environmental conditions are forecast to support gradual organization after the wave moves over the eastern Atlantic.
A tropical depression could form during the latter half of the week as the system travels westward to west-northwestward across the central tropical Atlantic.
The system has a near-zero chance of development during the next 48 hours and a medium, 50 percent chance through seven days.
Meanwhile, a broad area of showers and thunderstorms associated with another tropical wave is located several hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.
Some gradual development is possible through the early or middle portion of the week as the disturbance moves westward across the central tropical Atlantic.
However, upper-level winds are expected to become less favorable later in the week as the wave approaches the Lesser Antilles.
That system has a near-zero chance of formation through 48 hours and a low, 20-percent chance during the next seven days.
Neither disturbance poses an immediate threat to Florida, but residents should continue monitoring forecasts as the systems move westward across the Atlantic.
August marks the beginning of the historically more active portion of the Atlantic hurricane season.
