The National Hurricane Center has bumped up development chances for a tropical wave in the Atlantic Ocean.
Current models suggest that the system would be pulled northward out to sea and not threaten our area.
Here's the latest from the NHC as of Thursday morning:
A tropical wave is located several hundred miles to the southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. Conditions are expected to be favorable for gradual development of this system later this week, and a tropical depression could form over the weekend or early next week while it moves westward to west-northwestward over the tropical Atlantic.
- Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
- Formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 percent.