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Forecasters watching tropical wave over Atlantic for possible formation

National Hurricane Center forecasters are watching a tropical wave over the central Atlantic Ocean for possible formation, the agency said Saturday, July 19, 2025.
National Hurricane Center forecasters are watching a tropical wave over the central Atlantic Ocean for possible formation, the agency said Saturday, July 19, 2025. National Hurricane Center

National Hurricane Center forecasters are keeping an eye on a tropical wave over the central Atlantic Ocean for possible storm formation.

The NHC on Saturday said the tropical wave is interacting with a broad area of low pressure, which has produced disorganized rain showers and thunder storms over the ocean.

Forecasters said there is a slight possibility of development later this weekend or early into the week. They gave it a 20 percent change of forming into a tropical cycline over the next week. The system was moving at around 10 mph west-northwest.

If the system forms into a tropical storm, it will be the fourth named storm of the 2025 hurricane system.

David Goodhue
Miami Herald
David Goodhue covers the Florida Keys and South Florida for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald. Before joining the Herald, he covered Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware. 
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