A tropical wave near Cabo Verde is becoming better organized and is increasingly likely to form into a tropical depression or storm this weekend as it moves west, according to National Hurricane Center forecasters.
The system was located several hundred miles southwest of Cabo Verde as of 7 p.m. Wednesday and featured a concentrated area of thunderstorms, hurricane forecasters said. It has a 60% chance of forming within the next week as it moves west across the central and western Atlantic Ocean through conditions that forecasters called "unusually conducive for late June."
Development odds have quickly trended 📈 with a tropical wave over the open Atlantic. NHC now giving it a 60% chance of development.
— Steve Caparotta, Ph.D. (@SteveWAFB) June 27, 2024
Plenty of ensemble support for low pressure moving into the Caribbean by early next week. And plenty of time to monitor trends. pic.twitter.com/MOxOnGNRoM
The system does not currently pose a threat to Louisiana. Forecasters expect the system to form this weekend several hundred miles east of the Windward Islands.
Tropical wave likely headed for Gulf
Another tropical wave over the west-central Caribbean Sea was still producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms Wednesday night, according to the National Hurricane Center's 7 p.m. tropics update.
The system has just a 20% chance of formation within the next week, but forecasters said it could develop later this week as it moves west across the Caribbean and into the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.
It is not currently a threat to Louisiana.
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