Tropical Disturbances Today

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Disturbance 1. Off the Southeastern United States:  A weak area of low pressure has formed from a surface trough, several hundred miles off the coast of the southeastern United States. However, development is likely to be slow to occur during the next few days. Thereafter, environmental conditions could become a little more conducive for development. A tropical depression could still form by this weekend as the low initially drifts westward before turning northward to northeastward by the weekend. Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent and formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 percent.

Disturbance 2. Tropical Storm Dexter is moving away from the U.S. and no hazards affect land.

Disturbance 3. Central Tropical Atlantic:  A tropical wave is over the eastern tropical Atlantic. Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for gradual development during the next few days, and a tropical depression could form late this week or over the weekend as the system moves generally west-northwestward to northwestward across the central tropical and subtropical Atlantic. Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent and formation chance through 7 days...medium...60 percent.