NHC Monitoring Two Low-Pressure Areas in the Atlantic for Development

National Hurricane Center (NHC) – This Monday, in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic, a tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa on Wednesday or early Thursday. Some slow development of this system will be possible late this week while the system moves gradually west-northwestward or northwestward across the eastern Atlantic. It…

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August 14, 2023

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National Hurricane Center (NHC) – This Monday, in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic, a tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa on Wednesday or early Thursday.

Some slow development of this system will be possible late this week while the system moves gradually west-northwestward or northwestward across the eastern Atlantic.

It has a near zero chance of formation through 48 hours and a low (30 percent) chance in the next 7 days.

In the Central Tropical Atlantic, another area of low pressure could develop by the middle to latter portion of this week over the central tropical Atlantic.

Some slow development of this system is also possible while it moves west-northwestward through the end of the week.