Tropical wave makes a beeline for the Caribbean

Tropical wave makes a beeline for the Caribbean

SAN JUAN — An area of disturbed weather over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean is expected to interact with an approaching tropical wave over the next couple of days.

Environmental conditions are forecast to become conducive for some development thereafter, and a tropical depression could form later this week while the system is in the vicinity of the Greater Antilles or the Bahamas.

Tropical wave makes a beeline for the Caribbean

* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days…medium…50 percent.

Tropical wave makes a beeline for the Caribbean