National Hurricane Center Monitoring Thunderstorms Development in Eastern Caribbean on Friday, August 26, 2022

By | August 26, 2022
On Friday, August 26, 2022, the tropical wave located to the west of the Cabo Verde Islands is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms.
 
Environmental conditions could support some gradual development of this system through early next week while it moves westward across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic at 10 to 15 mph.
 
It has a low (10 percent) chance of formation during the next 48 hours and a low (30 percent) chance in the next 5 days.
 
In the eastern Caribbean Sea, a trough of low pressure located over the eastern Caribbean Sea is producing minimal shower and thunderstorm activity.
 
This system is expected to move westward at about 15 mph during the next several days and environmental conditions could become more conducive for slow development by early next week when it moves across the central and western Caribbean Sea.
 
It has a near zero chance of formation during the next 48 hours and a low (20 percent) chance in the next 5 days.