The National Hurricane Center said Invest 95L could strengthen into a tropical depression or storm in the Atlantic, and WFLA is tracking the same setup as the next named storm of the season could become Dolly. The broad low pressure area sits a few hundred miles east-southeast of Bermuda and continues to show signs of organization.
Forecasters see two tropical depressions developing in the Atlantic this week. One system near Bermuda could become a short-lived tropical depression or storm during the next couple of days, while the westward-moving wave that left west Africa could organize by the middle to latter portions of the week.
Atlantic low near Bermuda
The low east-southeast of Bermuda was moving northward and north-northeastward, well northeast of Bermuda, when the National Hurricane Center issued its 8 a.m., Aug. 24 advisory. Additional development remains possible, and the system could still reach tropical depression or tropical storm status during the next couple of days.
That timing matters because the Atlantic is in the busiest stretch of hurricane season, from mid-August through mid-October. When a system moves from an invest into a named storm, forecasters can tighten track and intensity guidance, but the system still has to organize enough for a closed circulation and stronger winds.
West Africa wave heads west
A separate tropical wave and area of low pressure moved offshore of west Africa with disorganized showers and thunderstorms. It is moving generally westward at 15 to 20 mph across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic, and environmental conditions are forecast to be marginally conducive for development.
That second disturbance could also become a tropical depression by the middle to latter portions of the week. The National Hurricane Center is watching four tropical waves in all, including two in the Caribbean, which gives forecasters more than one place to monitor as the week unfolds.
Florida impacts remain unclear
Florida is the local question hanging over both disturbances, but the forecast stops short of a firm answer. The National Hurricane Center says it is too early to tell whether Florida could feel any impacts, so the practical takeaway is to follow how each system organizes rather than focus on the name alone.
For now, the most concrete development is timing: the Bermuda-area low could turn first, and the west Africa wave could follow later in the week. Which, if any, of the monitored disturbances becomes Dolly and whether Florida feels anything from them is the part still being worked out.
