A weather system that could potentially impact some Caribbean islands continues to take form in the Atlantic Ocean. The National Weather Service (N.W.S.) gave the system a 40 percent chance of tropical depression formation in the next 48 hours, and a 90 percent chance through the next five days.<\/p>\n
According to N.W.S.’s 2:00 a.m. advisory, the system — a broad area of low pressure accompanied by disorganized cloudiness and showers — is centered a couple of hundred miles south-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.<\/p>\n
Environmental conditions are forecast to become conducive for development, and a tropical depression is expected to form by the end of the week while the system moves west- northwestward across the tropical Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n
Also attempting to take form is a\u00a0tropical wave that is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa in a few days. Some development of the system is possible over the weekend while the wave moves westward over the far eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean, according to N.W.S.<\/p>\n
Formation chances for the latter system in the next 48 hours stand at 0 percent, N.W.S. said, while formation chances in through the next five days stand at 20 percent.<\/p>\n
September 6 marks the 1-year anniversary of Hurricane Irma’s landfall in the USVI, affecting mostly the St. Thomas-St. John District. Hurricane Maria struck the USVI on September 19, damaging mostly St. Croix. Both were Category 5 storms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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