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Forecasters Monitor Tropical Wave

By Dominica News ⋅ August 26, 2009 ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says a tropical wave in the western Atlantic Ocean northeast of Puerto Rico had a high chance - greater than 50 percent - of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours.

The Hurricane Centre says the system had become better organised and upper-level winds were expected to become more conducive for development over the next day or so as it moves west-northwest at about 20 miles per hour.

The National Hurricane Centre advisory said interests in the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands should monitor the progress of the system.

Source:BBC Caribbean

Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Meteorology, National Hurricane Center, Puerto Rico, Tropical cyclone, Weather Phenomena