Atlantic Tropical Wave Faces Dry Air Challenges

We continue to track a tropical wave in the Eastern and Central Tropical Atlantic.

The tropical wave is located near the west coast of Africa, is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the far eastern Atlantic.

Dry and stable air will likely limit this system’s development over the next few days, but a tropical depression could form by the middle to latter part of next week while it moves west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph.

The GFS Model continues to show some weak development.

The formation chance through 48 hours remains at 0 percent, while the formation chance through 7 days increased to 40 percent.