(WFLA) National Hurricane Center: One of two Atlantic disturbances has 80% probability of becoming a tropical depression in 48 hours.
A large region of low pressure southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands in West Africa has produced showers and thunderstorms, according to the NHC.
The system is predicted to travel northwestward across the eastern Atlantic and produce a tropical depression within two days.
Forecasters predict it will become a tropical depression or storm in two to five days.
Forecasters are also eyeing a tropical wave east of the Windward Islands in the Caribbean Sea.
The NHC will track the storm in the Windward Islands. The storm has a 40% probability of becoming a tropical depression