Less than a week after Hurricane Milton barreled across Florida, another tropical depression could form in the Atlantic Ocean by the end of the week, forecasters said Monday.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami is tracking an “area of active weather” west of the Cabo Verde Islands in the Atlantic with a 50% chance of forming this week.
The NHC is “keeping an eye” on the area of low pressure called AL94, Anthony Reynes, a senior forecaster with the National Weather Service in Miami, told USA TODAY Monday morning.
Reynes called the called the system a “potential storm,” but noted it has a low chance of forming this week.
“This system is currently embedded in an unfavorable environment, and development is not anticipated over the next couple of days,” the NHC said in a statement.
AL94 has a 10% chance of forming in the next 48 hours, and a 50% chance of forming in the next 7 days, according to the NHC.
AL94 is forecast to move west or west-southwestward in the coming days, according to the NHC. The environment could become more favorable towards the middle or end of the week for gradual development.
A tropical depression could form as AL94 moves west-northwestward and nears the Leeward Islands, around 350 miles southeast of Puerto Rico, towards the end of the week.
