Less than a week after Hurricane Milton barreled across Florida, the National Hurricane Center in Miami is tracking another “area of active weather” west of the Cabo Verde Islands in the Atlantic with a low chance of forming this week.
The NHC is “keeping an eye” on the area of low pressure called AL94, Anthony Reynes, a senior forecaster with the National Weather Service in Miami, told USA TODAY Monday morning.
Reynes called the called the system a “potential storm,” but noted it has a low chance of forming this week.
“This system is currently embedded in an unfavorable environment, and development is not anticipated over the next couple of days,” the NHC said in a statement.
AL94 has a 10% chance of forming in the next 48 hours, and a 40% chance of forming in the next 7 days, according to the NHC.
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Where is AL94 headed?
AL94 is forecasted to move west or west-southwestward in the coming days, according to the NHC. The environment could become more favorable towards the middle or end of the week for gradual development.
A tropical depression could form as AL94 moves west-northwestward and nears the Leeward Islands, around 350 miles southeast of Puerto Rico, towards the end of the week.
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