Please see the below Tropical Weather Outlook from the National Hurricane Center currently monitoring three (3) features in the tropics.
· 1. Western Caribbean/Southwestern Gulf of Mexico (AL94):
o An area of low pressure over the western Caribbean Sea associated with a tropical wave continues to produce widespread shower and thunderstorm activity. Development of this disturbance is not expected today while it moves west northwestward at 10 to 15mph. The disturbance is forecast move westward over the Yucatan Peninsula and emerge over the Bay of Campeche late Saturday or early Sunday, at which point some development will be possible. Regardless of development, heavy rainfall associated with the tropical wave will affect portions of Central America and Mexico through the weekend.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent.
· 2. Tropical Depression Two
o Tropical Depression Two is expected to strengthen and be a hurricane when it reaches the Windward Islands late Sunday night or Monday, bringing a risk of heavy rainfall, hurricane-force winds, and dangerous storm surge and waves.
o There is still a lot of uncertainty in the track and intensity.
· 3. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
o A tropical wave located several hundred miles south-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Some slow development of this system is possible next week while it moves generally westward at 15 to 20 mph across the central and western tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent.
