Tropical Forecast

FOX 13 Meteorologist Nash Rhodes is tracking two tropical waves. One is in the Central Caribbean that has a slight chance of developing over the next week as it travels west toward Mexico. The second tropical wave is more than 3,000 miles from Florida and is making its way across the Atlantic. He said it has a 30% chance of developing over the next seven days. However, a layer of Saharan dust making its way off the coast of Africa is keeping things dry and making it difficult for tropical systems to develop.

FOX 13 Meteorologist Valerie Mills is tracking the first round of Saharan dust making its way off the coast of Africa. She says as the dust moves west toward Florida, it will squash any tropical waves that try to develop. That?s because the Saharan dust is 50 percent drier than a typical moist air mass that meteorologists would typically see this time of year. She says some of the Saharan air will make its way to the coast of Florida this weekend, which may reduce the air quality. Mills noted that there is one wave on the edge of the Saharan air that has a low chance of development at the moment. However, it may develop more tropical characteristics as it moves west toward Mexico.

FOX 13 Meteorologist Valerie Mills is keeping an eye on the tropics, which are quiet at the moment. She says there is quiet a bit of Saharan dust moving off the coast of Africa and into the Atlantic and that will limit any waves that may try to develop because they would have to contend with the drier air. Mills says she does not expect anything to develop in the tropics over the next week.

FOX 13 Meteorologist Valerie Mills says Invest 93L is currently the only system being tracked in the tropics. According to Mills, it has a 40% chance of becoming a tropical low in the next two to seven days.

FOX 13 Meteorologist Valerie Mills says a system spinning off the east coast of Florida will bring some rain and tropical moisture to the state but probably will not form into anything tropical over the next week. Mills says a little system in the Gulf of Mexico has a decent chance of development.

FOX 13's meteorologist Jim Weber is tracking the tropics.

FOX 13 meteorologist Nash Rhodes takes a look at the tropics.

FOX 13 meteorologist Jim Weber is tracking Tropical Storm Alberto.

FOX 13 meteorologist Jim Weber says he?s watching multiple systems. One will likely become Tropical Storm Alberto before impacting the western Gulf Coast, while another area may also start developing over the Bay of Campeche. A separate system in the Atlantic might track toward Florida in the coming days. Limited moisture, however, is leading to lower chances for development.

FOX 13 Meteorologist Jim Weber says he?s keeping an eye on two areas, one in the Atlantic and one in the Gulf of Mexico. Invest 91 is still fairly disorganized in the Gulf but the chance of development is around 70% over the next couple of days as conditions become more favorable, according to Weber.

FOX 13 News Meteorologist Valerie Mills says one disturbance is in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico and the other is around the Bahamas, Bermuda area in the Atlantic. According to Mills, the bigger threat is the system in the Gulf that has about a 60% chance of gaining tropical characteristics over the next week.