Tropical System East Of Florida Now Has 30-Percent Chance Of Developing

Tropical Wave Moving West. National Hurricane Centrer Forecasters Watching.

BY: WEATHER TEAM | BocaNewsNow.com

BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2023 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — The tropical wave East of Florida now has a 30-percent chance of developing into a tropical cyclone within the next seven days, according to data released Wednesday afternoon by the National Hurricane Center. The system is now the only system worthy of a “yellow X” as of Wednesday afternoon. An oval represents where a system may form, and not necessarily a direction of travel.

This is the Wednesday update from the National Hurricane Center:

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 PM EDT Wed Jul 26 2023

For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

1. Eastern Atlantic:
A tropical wave is located a couple of hundred miles to the
southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. Conditions are expected to be
favorable for gradual development of this system later this week and
into the weekend while it moves westward to west-northwestward over
the tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days…low…30 percent.