Tropical Depression Nine has formed in the Atlantic as of 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday.
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The National Hurricane Center said this tropical wave, Invest 93L, has a 90 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression – possibly by later this morning.
The next names on the list of tropical storms in the Atlantic are Ida and Joaquin.
As it is with most systems, it’s unclear if it’ll become anything significant, but the one the National Hurricane Center is tracking has an area of low wind shear and is located about 370 miles south of the Cape Verde islands.
The second system – 95L – is a broad area of low pressure located about 350 miles southwest of the Cape Verde Island.
At this point, it is no threat to the US coast either. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for gradual development of this disturbance over the next several days while it moves westward.
According to AccuWeather Meteorologist Becky Elliot, “This system will track farther west than Tropical Depression Nine”. After a couple of days, a slow west-northwestward motion toward Mexico is expected and land interaction should limit development, forecasters say. There is a chance this system will also curve northward and wind up over the middle of the Atlantic instead.
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While its circulation has soldiered on, I do not expect this system to redevelop into Tropical Storm Grace.
