The National Hurricane Center continues to monitor three areas of interest in the Atlantic this Wednesday morning, August 31, 2022.
Shower and thunderstorm activity associated with an area of low pressure located several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles has changed little this morning.
Although environmental conditions are only marginally conducive, additional gradual development of this system is expected and a tropical depression is likely to form within the next couple of days.
The disturbance is forecast to move slowly toward the west-northwest, toward the adjacent waters of the northern Leeward Islands.
Additional information on this system can be found in High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service. It has a medium (60 percent) chance of formation during the next 48 hours and a high (80 percent) chance in the next 5 days.
In the eastern tropical Atlantic, showers and thunderstorms associated with a broad area of low
pressure located between the west coast of Africa and the Cabo Verde Islands have become slightly better organized.
Some gradual development is possible, and the system could become a
short-lived tropical depression over the far eastern Atlantic during the next couple of days.
By late this week, environmental conditions are forecast to become increasingly unfavorable for further development.
Regardless, the system could bring locally heavy rainfall to portions of the Cabo Verde Islands through Thursday.
It has a medium (40 percent) chance of formation during the next 48 hours and a medium (50 percent) chance in the next 5 days.
In the central subtropical Atlantic, an area of low pressure has formed along a decaying frontal zone
over the central subtropical Atlantic about 850 miles west-southwest of the westernmost Azores.
Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for development, and a tropical or
subtropical depression is likely to form during the next few days while the system drifts generally eastward.
It has a medium (60 percent) chance of formation during the next 48 hours and a high (70 percent) chance in the next 5 days.
