Tropical depression could form by late Monday; forecasters monitoring area off N.C.
A tropical wave located just less than 1,000 miles west of the far eastern Caribbean is expected to become a tropical depression late Monday or Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center said early Sunday.
As of 8 a.m. Sunday, odds of the system developing in the next two days was at 40% and 70% in the next seven days. The system is producing disorganized clouds and showers.
Conditions in the next few days will be favorable for it to develop as it moves northwest at about 15 mph, then it will turn north over the central subtropical Atlantic by late Monday or Tuesday, the center’s latest update said.
As of Sunday, the seven-day outlook indicated it would generally be over open water in the central Atlantic.
Also Sunday, a trough of low pressure emerged off the coast of Wilmington, N.C. National Hurricane Center forecasters have given it 20% odds of developing within the next two to seven days.
It could gradually develop over the next couple of days as it moves northwest farther out over the Atlantic. It is expected to merge with a frontal boundary shortly thereafter.
The next named storm would be Emily. The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30.
