ORLANDO, Fla. – As of 8 a.m. Sunday, the latest outlook from the National Hurricane Center highlights a tropical wave located several hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands, now designated Invest 95L.

The system has a 40% chance of development over the next two days and a 70% chance through the next seven days.

Environmental conditions look favorable for gradual strengthening, and a tropical depression is likely to form this week as it moves westward across the central Atlantic.

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Long-range models suggest a possible northward curve later on, though there’s still uncertainty about how soon that turn may occur.

Meanwhile, another weak wave over the northern Gulf has a 0% chance of tropical development. It isn’t expected to organize, but it could bring locally heavy rainfall to parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama in the coming days.