{"id":366763,"date":"2026-08-09T10:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T10:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/366763\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T10:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T10:26:11","slug":"tracking-the-tropics-nhc-monitoring-2-areas-in-the-atlantic-for-possible-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/366763\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking the Tropics: NHC monitoring 2 areas in the Atlantic for possible development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One tropical wave near the Cabo Verde Islands has a low chance of development over the next week, while the other has a medium chance of development.<\/p>\n<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring two tropical waves in the Atlantic that could have a chance to develop over the next week.<\/p>\n<p>The first wave, which has a low chance of development, is currently a few hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands and will move westward across the central Atlantic. The second wave has a medium chance of development over the next week and is expected to move off the west coast of Africa on Tuesday. It could gradually organize as it tracks westward.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fa224e9d-005d-40e2-8ede-538457258b10_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Both systems will have a limited window to develop as they move over warm water, and some forecast models suggest the waves could become better organized early to midweek. However, stronger upper-level winds are expected to become increasingly hostile later in the week, especially as either system approaches the Lesser Antilles. That wind shear would make it difficult for a tropical system to maintain its organization.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d470dfcf-ce97-4b7b-aa60-ececb91e5167_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>For now, the NHC gives the first wave a 20% chance of development over the next seven days and the second wave a 40% chance. Neither system poses an immediate threat to Florida or the Gulf of America, but we\u2019ll continue to monitor both closely as they move across the Atlantic next week.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fdf4518d-5a09-46aa-b55e-1fc03aba7718_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One tropical wave near the Cabo Verde Islands has a low chance of development over the next week,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-366763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}