NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) - There's a lot of buzz on social media pertaining to the tropics so let's breakdown what is fact from the fiction...

Yes, there are two potential areas in the Atlantic basin that the National Hurricane Center has flagged for possible tropical development:

First spot that we will chat about is in the YELLOW and its located out in the central tropical Atlantic.

This area is seeing disorganized showers and thunderstorms associated with a trough of low pressure.

The NHC says that "some gradual development is possible during the middle part of this week while the system moves northward."

Formation chances for this area is considered "low" over the next 48-hours at 10% and over the next 7-days at 20%.

The next area in the RED has a greater chance of seeing formation...

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