The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on newly formed Tropical Depression Five, located about 1000 miles west of the Azores.
East of the Leeward Islands, showers and thunderstorms associated with a broad area of low pressure located several hundred miles east of the Leeward Islands have changed little this morning.
Although environmental conditions remain only marginally conducive, any additional development of the system over the next few days would lead to the formation of a tropical depression.
The disturbance is forecast to move slowly west-northwestward 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.
Eastern Tropical Atlantic, satellite imagery and surface observations show that a broad area
of low pressure is located over and to the northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.
While surface observations indicate pressures are low in this area, the associated shower activity is currently poorly organized.
There is still some chance for the system to become a short-lived tropical depression within the next day or so before environmental conditions become unfavorable for further development.
Regardless, the system could bring locally heavy rainfall to portions of the Cabo Verde Islands today and tonight.
It has a low (30 percent) chance of formation during the next 48 hours and in the next 5 days.
