ORLANDO, Fla. – The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday forecast increasing offs a tropical wave in the far eastern Atlantic could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the system was located south of the Cape Verde Islands with disorganized showers and thunderstorms.

“Environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development of this system during the next several days, and a tropical depression is likely to form later this week or this weekend,” forecasters said. “This system is expected to move westward to west-northwestward at around 15 mph across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic through the weekend.”

The NHC gave it a 20% chance to develop in the next two days and 70% chance to develop in the next seve

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