Tropical disturbance has 70% chance of becoming next named storm in Central Atlantic

ORLANDO, Fla. — Channel 9 meteorologists are monitoring a tropical system in the Atlantic that could become our next named storm.

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9:30 p.m. Update:

The tropical wave in the Atlantic Ocean is showing signs of organization, now up to a 70% chance of formation over the next seven days.

This wave becoming a named system could be possible next week as it approaches some of the Caribbean islands.

We have a long time to monitor to see if it could eventually track near Florida by the end of next weekend.

For now just monitoring, but it does have hurricane potential, so we’ll keep an eye on it.

Original Story

The tropical wave in the Atlantic has a 60% chance of developing into Ernesto.

The system is expected to slowly develop over the next few days and could become a named storm by the middle of next week.

The storm system’s projected path raises some early concerns as it steers straight into the Lesser Antilles.

The remnants of Debby also continue to bring heavy rain and storms to the northeastern U.S. on Friday.

Channel 9 will continue to monitor all activity in the tropics and provide updates on Eyewitness News.

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