Fred Coming Soon!

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A weak low pressure area and cluster of thunderstorms positioned just off the Carolina coast is being monitored for possible development of tropical characteristics. Anytime an area of low pressure, such as this one, is sitting over 85-degree water, it certainly bears watching. However, due to unfavorable winds at higher levels of the atmosphere, this system is not expected to become a tropical storm. Nonetheless, the system is expected to be a heavy rainmaker for the Outer Banks and portions of eastern North Carolina on Monday. Along with the heavy rain will come some gusty winds, especially along the coast.
A strong tropical wave has recently come off the African coast that is tracking westward in the open waters of the far eastern Atlantic. The area of disturbed weather is approximately 300 miles east-southeast of the Cape Verde Islands. Numerous showers and thunderstorms are associated with the wave and satellite imagery even indicates a broad circulation. The wave will be moving over warm waters and an area of little wind shear. So conditions appear favorable for further development as the wave tracks westward over the next couple of days. This is the system that could become Fred heading through the early part of this week.
Elsewhere, a few tropical waves are noted across the Atlantic Basin, but none are showing signs of development at this time.
By AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist John Feerick

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Looks like a fish storm at the moment...