A tropical wave that moved off the coast of Africa late last week has strengthened into Tropical Depression Three Monday after it entered warmer waters.
Late Sunday the National Hurricane Center also reported a second area of showers and thunderstorms a few hundred miles south of the Cabo Verde Islands associated with a tropical wave that recently emerged off the coast of Africa.
Further development of this second system is possible, and a tropical depression could form within the next few days while the system moves westward at 10 to 15 mph across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic.
The second wave's chances of formation through 48 hours is low at 30 percent and meadiumm at 40 percent through 7 days.
According to the National Hurricane Center today, for the first wave, additional development enabled mit to develop into a tropical depression.
This system is forecast to move generally westward at 15 to 20 mph with further development across the central tropical Atlantic through the middle part of this week.
Although this wave will be moving through the overall Main Development Region (MDR) of the Atlantic hurricane season, this not the most likely area during June. Only 6% of all tropical systems form in June, and of the storms that do evolve, the majority form in the Gulf of Mexico.
El Nino has officially kicked in this season which historically decreases tropical cyclone activity in the Atlantic Basin. However, historically warm sea surface temperatures across the MDR that are already in place, may continue to enhance development the next several months.
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