The National Hurricane Center is tracking two weather systems in the Atlantic Ocean – neither of which pose immediate risk to the United States – while Henriette and Ivo wax and wane in the Pacific Ocean.
A tropical wave, called Invest 96L, dispensing disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the central tropical Atlantic, could gradually develop during the early or middle part of next week as the system moves northwestward to northward across the central Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory on Saturday morning, Aug. 9. However, the NHC puts its likelihood of developing into a tropical depression at 20% over the next seven days.
The hurricane center also said another tropical wave, off the west coast of Africa in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic is also producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms and could gradually develop into a tropical depression. The system is expected to deliver local heavy rainfall Sunday and Monday across parts of the Cabo Verde Islands. The NHC gives this system a higher chance of developing (40%) over the next seven days.
Neither system is currently expected to develop soon or threaten land. That doesn't mean those who live along the U.S. coast should become complacent as an above-normal hurricane season is still expected.
