Watching an area in the Deep Atlantic over the next few days

After another quiet stretch from July, things might start to wake up again in the tropics in the Deep Atlantic as August is underway.

As of Saturday morning, the National Hurricane Center is monitoring an area with a low chance of forming over the next week. It has a 20% chance over the next seven days and a zero chance for the next 48 hours.

Based on model data this weekend, a tropical wave is expected to move off the west coast of Africa early next week. Development is possible during the middle to latter part of next week while it moves westward across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic.

With the talk of the Saharan dust in the Atlantic, it will take some time for formation to occur as it battles that out for a few days.

With the peak of hurricane season starting around mid-August, it is not a surprise to see some form of action in this part of the Atlantic Ocean.

Based on climatological records, the average C-name storm usually forms around August 3rd. However, we are about a week late on this name formation. Chrstobal is up next on the list for this hurricane season.

Stay with WITN’s First Alert Weather Team as we keep track of the tropics over the next few months and if see any impacts to Eastern North Carolina.

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