As Hurricane Gabrielle becomes a major hurricane, we are watching two other areas of potential development in the Atlantic.
In the Central Tropical Atlantic, shower and thunderstorm activity associated with a tropical wave located midway between the Lesser Antilles and the Cabo Verde Islands continues to increase.
Environmental conditions are forecast to become more favorable tomorrow and a tropical depression is likely to form on Wednesday or Thursday while the system moves west-northwestward to northwestward across the central Atlantic.
Formation chance through 48 hours is 30 percent and the formation chance through 7 days is 80 percent.
The other area of interest is east of the Leeward Islands. This tropical wave, located about 300 miles east of the Leeward Islands, is producing dis