3 disturbances in the Atlantic could turn into tropical depressions. What forecast says
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Forecasters on Tuesday night are watching three disturbances that could potentially turn into tropical depressions later this week.
One of the disturbances was producing a large area of showers and thunderstorms several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles, as of the National Hurricane Center’s advisory at 8 p.m.
The system could see gradual development over the next several days, enough for a tropical depression to form later this week or this weekend, although environmental conditions are “only marginally conducive” for development, according to the hurricane center.
It has a 60% chance of formation through the next 48 hours and a high 80% chance of formation through the next five days, according to the hurricane center. The forecast shows the system slowly moving west and then west-northwest, toward the adjacent waters of the northern Leeward Islands. At the moment, it’s not a threat to Florida.
The second disturbance is just off the west coast of Africa.
“Some gradual development is possible, and the system could become a short-lived tropical depression over the far eastern Atlantic during the next few days,” according to the advisory. “By late this week, environmental conditions are forecast to become increasingly unfavorable for further development. Regardless, the system could bring locally heavy rainfall to portions of the Cabo Verde Islands on Wednesday and Thursday.”
It has a low 10% chance of formation through the next 48 hours and a medium 40% chance of formation through the next five days. At the moment, this system is not a threat to The Sunshine State.
A third area of low pressure is expected to develop within the next day or so along a decaying frontal zone over the central subtropical system, far away from land. The system has a low 10% of forming within the next 48 hours and a 30% within the next five days as it moves east.
The other two disturbances that forecasters were monitoring in the Atlantic basin Monday have dissipated.
The next storm name on the list is Danielle.
Miami Herald staff writer Omar Rodríguez Ortiz contributed to this report.
This story was originally published August 30, 2022 at 6:31 AM.
