On this Sunday, NHC is monitoring a tropical wave accompanied by a surface low pressure system over the far eastern Atlantic Ocean a few hundred miles south-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands.
Environmental conditions are expected to be somewhat conducive for gradual development of this disturbance over the next several days while it moves westward.
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TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2015
For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
A tropical wave and a surface low pressure system located several hundred miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands are producing a concentrated area of showers and thunderstorms, which are beginning to show signs of organization.
Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for further development, and a tropical depression could form by midweek as the disturbance moves westward at around 15 mph.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…medium…50 percent
* Formation chance through 5 days…medium…60 percent
$$ Forecaster Stewart
