Still watching the one off Africa heading our way.
Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Fri Jul 21 2023 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Active Systems: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Don, located over the central Atlantic. 1. Central Tropical Atlantic (95L): A small area of low pressure, located several hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands, is producing an area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the central tropical Atlantic. Environmental conditions appear generally conducive for some gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression could form in the next several days, as it moves westward across the tropical Atlantic. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 percent.nhc.noaa.gov
Chances improve for a upgraded status.
The chances that an area of low pressure west of Africa could form into a tropical depression are slowly increasing as the system moves west across the Atlantic Ocean, hurricane forecasters said Friday. The disturbance, located several hundred miles west-southwest of Cabo Verde, is producing showers and thunderstorms over the central Atlantic, National Hurricane Center forecasters said in a 7 a.m. update. “Environmental conditions appear generally conducive for some gradual development of this system, ” forecasters said, “and a tropical depression could form in the next several days, as it moves westward across the tropical Atlantic.” The system now has a 40% chance of development within the next week, forecasters said. Hurricane forecasters started tracking the disturbance Wednesday.
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Twin reports saying the same.
