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Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook
2025-08-22 07:10:09| National Hurricane Center (Atlantic)
000ABNT20 KNHC 220510TWOAT Tropical Weather OutlookNWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL200 AM EDT Fri Aug 22 2025For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America:Active Systems:The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Erin, located over the northwestern Atlantic Ocean.Near the Leeward Islands (AL90):An area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms associated with a tropical wave is located a couple hundred miles east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. Environmental conditions appear conducive for further development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form this weekend while it moves northwestward and then northward, in between the Lesser Antilles and Bermuda.* Formation chance through 48 hours...high..70 percent.* Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent.Central Tropical Atlantic (AL99):Showers and thunderstorms associated with a tropical wave located about a thousand miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands remain well organized. This system could become a tropical depression at any time, but the latest satellite-derived wind data indicate that the system does not have a well-defined circulation center. The system is expected to move into a less conducive environment later today through Saturday, but could reach a slightly more favorable environment again late this weekend into early next week as it moves westward at 10 to 15 mph over the central tropical Atlantic and approaches the Lesser Antilles.* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent.* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...60 percent.Central Subtropical Atlantic:A small area of low pressure located well southwest of the Azores is moving through a dry environment and only producing occasional showers. Upper-level winds appear unfavorable, and development chances are decreasing. The weak low is likely to dissipate over the next day or so as it moves little.* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.* Formation chance through 7 days...low...10 percent.$$Forecaster Hagen
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