New tropical storms may be brewing
A new disturbance (No. 1 above) is brewing in the central tropical Atlantic, and forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say conditions are favorable for the bad weather to develop into a tropical depression during the next couple of days. A U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft and crew are ready to investigate the disturbance later today if called upon.
At the same time, there is a second area of low pressure (2 above) just east of the first stormy region. It's off the coast of West Africa, near the Cape Verde Islands, and has been getting better organized overnight. It could follow the first storm across the Atlantic and pose a second threat if development continues.
Here is the Atlantic Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook. And here is a satellite view of the Atlantic.
