BY: WEATHER TEAM | BocaNewsNow.com
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2023 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — The National Hurricane Center is watching two tropical waves east of Florida. While the ovals indicate where a system may form, and not necessarily a direction of travel, it does appear that these systems are systems worth watching. Peak hurricane season is still several weeks away, but several long-range predictions are now calling for an “above average” or “above normal” hurricane season.
This is the forecast from the National Hurricane Center for Tuesday, August 15th, 2023. This was updated at 6 p.m.
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 PM EDT Tue Aug 15 2023
For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Central Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms
a few hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.
Development, if any, of this system should be slow to occur while
it moves generally west-northwestward at about 15 mph across the
tropical Atlantic through the end of the week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days…low…10 percent.
2. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa
tonight or early Wednesday. Some slow development of this system is
possible later this week or over the weekend while it moves
generally west-northwestward or northwestward across the eastern
Atlantic. Environmental conditions are expected to become
unfavorable for development by early next week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days…low…30 percent.
