Chances for the development of a tropical depression in the Atlantic Ocean have dropped significantly, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday.
The hurricane center said it is continuing to track two systems in the Atlantic basin, including one currently designated as Invest 94L. However, both systems currently have a low chance of developing over the next seven days. This is a change from forecasts earlier in the week when the NHC predicted Invest 94L would become a tropical depression.
According to an advisory Thursday morning, environmental conditions appear “only marginally conducive for slow development” as the disturbance moves quickly westward to west-northwestward, passing near the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Friday, then near the Greater Antilles over the weekend.
The NHC currently gives the system a 30 percent chance of formation through the next seven days.
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NHC keeping an eye on another system in Caribbean Sea
The second system is currently producing showers and thunderstorms over the southwestern Caribbean Sea, according to the NHC.
Forecasters said some “gradual development” is possible over the next couple of days if the system stays over water while it moves northwestward toward Central America. However, the hurricane center currently gives the system a 20 percent chance of formation over the next seven days.
While the system may not develop, forecasters said “locally heavy rainfall” is possible across portions of Central America and southern Mexico late this week and into the weekend.
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