Current Snapshot

The Pacific Disaster Center’s (PDC Global) Wednesday, August 16, 2023, Tropical Cyclone Activity Report…for the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico

CURRENT TROPICAL CYCLONES:

There are no active tropical cyclones at the time of this writing

>>> Central Tropical Atlantic…

Disorganized showers and thunderstorms located over the central tropical Atlantic are associated with an elongated trough of low pressure centered about 750 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.

Environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression could form during the next several days while moving toward the west or west-northwest at about 10 mph across the central tropical Atlantic.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…30 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…medium…50 percent

>>> Eastern Tropical Atlantic…

A broad area of low pressure is forming just to the south-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands, in association with a tropical wave producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms.

Further development of this low is possible, and a tropical depression could form over the weekend before environmental conditions become unfavorable by early next week as the system moves west-northwestward or northwestward at around 10-15 mph.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…30 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…medium…50 percent

>>> Western Gulf of Mexico…

A broad area of low pressure could form in the central or western Gulf of Mexico by the beginning of next week.

Some slow development of this system is possible thereafter as it moves westward and approaches the western Gulf of Mexico coastline by the middle of next week.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…low…20 percent