Federal hurricane forecasters say a tropical wave in the eastern Atlantic Ocean could gradually develop into at least a tropical depression within the next seven days.
A tropical depression is a tropical cyclone with wind speeds below 39 mph. If the wind reaches 39 mph or higher, it is considered a tropical storm and is given a name.
The system is located south of the Cape Verde Islands off the coast of West Africa and moving to the west.
“Environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development of this system during the next several days, and a tropical depression is likely to form later this week or this weekend,” the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in a bulletin issued at 8 a.m. on Sept. 2. “This system is expected to move westward to west-northwestward at around 15 mph across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic through the weekend.”…