Tropical wave in the Atlantic has a 30% chance of formation this week, forecasters say
By Michelle Marchante and
Devoun Cetoute
Forecasters are monitoring a tropical wave in the Atlantic that has a 20% chance of forming into a tropical cyclone in the next two to five days.
The wave and an associated broad area of low pressure were about 350 miles east of the Windward Islands that continues to produce a large area of showers and thunderstorms., according to the National Hurricane Center.
“...The system will move west-northwestward through the end of the week, and produce locally heavy rainfall and strong gusty winds across the central and northern Lesser Antilles on Wednesday, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Thursday, and Hispaniola on Friday,” forecasters wrote.
Miami Herald staff writer Carli Teproff contributed to this report.
This story was originally published October 12, 2020 at 6:33 AM.
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription
