NHC Sun AM
An elongated area of low pressure centered about 100 miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands is producing a large but disorganized area of showers and thunderstorms extending from near those islands southward for several hundred miles.
Some development of this system is possible during the next couple of days while the low north-northwestward before upper-level winds become too strong for development by midweek.
Very heavy rainfall is also possible during the next few days over portions of the Cabo Verde Islands regardless of whether the system ever becomes a tropical cyclone.
Formation chance through 48 hours…low…10 percent.
Formation chance through 7 days…low…20 percent.
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Michelle McCormick joined News4Jax in December 2023 and in February 2024, she happily accepted the opportunity to officially join the News4Jax Weather Authority team as the weekend morning meteorologist. She is a member of both the American Meteorological Society and National Weather Association.