The tropics remain quiet close to home, with no immediate tropical threat to the U.S. However, farther out in the Atlantic there are several areas worth watching.
Invest 95L, a broad area of low pressure several hundred miles southeast of Bermuda, continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms. The National Hurricane Center gives the system a 50% chance of development over the next 48 hours and a 50% chance over the next seven days. The disturbance is expected to accelerate northward early this week.
Another area is much farther east. A tropical wave is expected to emerge from the west coast of Africa Monday, and an area of low pressure could develop with it.
Environmental conditions are expected to be marginally favorable for development, and a tropical depression could form during the middle or latter part of the week as the system moves westward across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic.
The National Hurricane Center gives that system a 50% chance of development over the next seven days.
For South Florida, none of these systems poses an immediate concern, but we'll continue watching the eastern Atlantic disturbance closely as it begins its journey westward.
TRACKING THE TROPICS: Hurricane Center | Hurricane Guide
