Current Snapshot

The Pacific Disaster Center’s (PDC Global) Monday, August 14, 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

>>> Eastern Tropical Atlantic…

A tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa tonight or early Wednesday. Some slow development of this system is possible late this week or over the weekend while it moves generally west-northwestward or northwestward across the eastern Atlantic. Environmental conditions are expected to become unfavorable for development by early next week.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…low…30 percent

>>> Central Tropical Atlantic…

A tropical wave is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms a few hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. Development, if any, of this system should be slow to occur while it moves westward at about 15 mph across the central tropical Atlantic through the end of the week.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…low…10 percent