For the last couple of days we’ve been tracking a tropical wave moving westward in the Atlantic Ocean. These tropical waves are typical this time of year and we monitor each one very closely for any signs of development into a tropical depression, tropical storm or eventually a hurricane.

In the case of this tropical wave, it’s no different. The environment is expected to become more favorable for development over the next few days as this wave moves east. A tropical depression or tropical storm could form in the coming days.

Below is the expected timing and path of this system provided by our Hurricane Expert Dr. Rick Knabb, Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross and Senior Meteorologist Stu Ostro.

Expected Path, Timing of Atlantic Tropical System

Expected path, timing of Atlantic tropical system | Current satellite imagery: Atlantic| Caribbean

Atlantic Tropical System Impacts: What You Need to Know

• Regardless of development, heavy rain along with possible flooding and mudslides are expected in the northeast Caribbean later this weekend. This is depicted on our threat level graphic below.
• The steering pattern is favorable for this system to track towards the southeast United States after moving through the Caribbean.
• Impacts on the United States are uncertain and are dependent on many factors, including how much land interaction in the northeast Caribbean disrupts the system. Therefore, we are depicting the threat to the Southeast below as “low”, for now, due to the uncertainty this far out in time.
• Timing for possible U.S. impacts would be later next week.
• As always, stay tuned to The Weather Channel and weather.com for the latest updates on this situation. Tune in at :50 after each hour for a full look at the tropics.

Threat level for the Caribbean, U.S. impacts uncertain at this time.

– The Weather Channel