ORLANDO, Fla. — A tropical wave that emerged off the coast of Africa is more likely to form into a tropical depression or storm as it steams across the Atlantic this week, the National Hurricane Center said.
In its 2 p.m. Saturday tropical outlook, the NHC said the system located several hundred miles south-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands was producing a broad area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms.
“Environmental conditions appear conducive for additional development, and a tropical depression is likely to form by the early to middle portion of next week while the system moves westward at 15 to 20 mph across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic.,” the NHC stated.
