We continue to monitor two areas in the Atlantic. One area will bring weekend rain and the other could become our next tropical trouble spot.
The area of low pressure located near the central and northwestern Bahamas is producing disorganized shower activity.
This system is expected to drift west-northwestward across the northwestern Bahamas and toward southern Florida during the next couple of days.
Strong upper-level winds are expected to prevent significant development of the low, however the combination of the disturbance and the broader remnant boundary is still expected to produce heavy rainfall and possible flooding across portions of Florida through the weekend.
The formation chance through 48 hours and 7 days remains at 10 percent.
Deeper in the Atlantic, a tropical wave has moved off the coast of Africa. The wave is forecast to interact with another disturbance over the eastern tropical Atlantic, and then move westward after that.
Environmental conditions are expected to become conducive for some slow development of the system in a few days, and a tropical depression could form near or east of the Lesser Antilles by the end of next week.
There has not been any consistency from the models, however the GFS continues to show development next week.
The formation chance through 48 hours is 0 percent and the formation chance through 7 days is up to 50 percent.