Wednesday Tropics Update

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

1. Central Tropical Atlantic:
Showers and thunderstorms have increased a little during the past 
several hours in association with a tropical wave located a little 
less than 900 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. Although 
environmental conditions are only marginally conducive, some 
additional development of this system is possible and a tropical 
depression could form during the next couple of days.  This system 
is expected to moves westward to west-northwestward over the 
tropical Atlantic and it is expected to be near the Leeward Islands 
on Friday. Interests in the Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, and 
Puerto Rico should monitor the progress of this system. 

* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent.