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Forecasters are keeping an eye on the horizon, as satellites detect two areas of disturbance in the central Atlantic Ocean which are expected to drifter further west in the coming days.
Neither of the systems poses any immediate threat to the Cayman Islands.
In an extended seven-day forecast released earlier today, 14 Aug., forecasters at the US-based National Hurricane Center recorded Disturbances 1 and 2, which both have a low chance of further development within the next week.
“A tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa on Wednesday or early Thursday,” advised NHC forecasters. “Some slow development of this system will be possible late this week while the system moves gradually west-northwestward or northwestward across the eastern Atlantic.”
The second system, which is partially overlapped by the first, has a slightly lesser chance of development, as it moves along an anticipated west-northwestward path from Wednesday onwards.
The projected storms come several weeks after an unusual lull in storm activity for the Atlantic hurricane basin, and several days after NOAA issued a revised prediction calling for a greater number of stronger storms for the remainder of the 2023 hurricane season.
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