Hurricane forecasters watching tropical wave in Atlantic

Wednesday morning, the National Hurricane Center began tracking a tropical wave just off the African Coast near the Cape Verde Islands. The lot of thunderstorms is named Invest (Investigation Area) 94-L and consequently is anticipated to steadily toughen during the in the future.

“Some slow development is possible into early next week while the system moves westward at about 15 miles per hour”, the NHC said on its website.

South Florida’s Thursday forecast calls for partly sunny skies with highs in the low 90s, lows in the upper 70s and a 50 percent chance of rain. It is expected that the storm will continue to remain in a favorable environment for strengthening over the next three to four days with a one-in-three chance of intensification over the next 24 hours. It will parallel the Carolina coast as it moves north east further away from the first coast. Forecasters said the elongated area of low pressure is accompanied by disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity during the most recent update.

The hurricane center gave it only a 10 percent chance of developing into a tropical depression over the next five days, saying it would likely merge with a frontal system by Friday.

Additional updates are expected from the NHC.