The National Hurricane Center is tracking a tropical wave already in the Atlantic and another wave expected to form off the coast of Africa with chances of forming in the next tropical depression or storm of the season.
As of the NHC’s tropical outlook at 8 a.m., chances of wave formation several hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde islands have subsided since Monday as shower activity remains minimal.
“Development of this system, if any, is expected to be slow over the next several days as the system moves west-west-northwest at 10 to 15 miles per hour across the tropical Atlantic,” NHC said in the forecast.
This system only has a 10% chance of forming in the next five days.
However, a potential new tropical wave that could form off the coast of West Africa in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean, has greater chances.
“Environmental conditions could support some slow development of this system late this week or over the weekend as it moves west at 10 to 15 mph,” the NHC said.
It has a 20% chance of becoming a tropical system in the next five days.
The 2022 hurricane season runs from June 1 to November. 30, and only three named storms, all tropical storms, have produced so far. Despite the low numbers so far, more potential systems are likely to form during what is now known as the height of the hurricane season, which runs from mid-August to mid-October.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently confirmed that it expects this to remain an above-average hurricane season, forecasting 14 to 21 named storms. The average year calls for 14 named storms.
This comes after the 30th standard storm set in 2020 and the third on record with 21 systems in 2021.
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