A tropical wave plowing its way across the Atlantic Ocean has an even greater chance to form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm, according to the National Hurricane Center, which also began tracking a second system in the Atlantic.
In its 8 p.m. tropical outlook, the NHC said showers and thunderstorms associated with the a broad area of low pressure continue to become better organized as it finds favorable waters for formation located several hundred miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands.
“Environmental conditions appear conducive for additional development, and a tropical depression or tropical storm is expected to form over the next day or so,” the outlook stated. ”This system is forecast to move westward at 15 to 20 mph across the central tropical Atlantic with further development through the middle part of the week.”
