A wave off the coast of Africa could develop into a cyclone and head towards the southern United States, National Hurricane Center forecasters said on Oct. 14.
The system, which has not been named, is a “well-defined area of low pressure located several hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands” and “is producing some disorganized showers and thunderstorms,” the center said in an update on Monday morning.
The chance of a cyclone forming within 48 hours is 10 percent. The chance increases to 50 percent through seven days.
“There’s no immediate threat for tropical weather at this point in time for our area,” Will Redman, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service bureau in Miami, told The Epoch Times….