Disturbances off the coast of Africa that slide all the way across the Atlantic are more of an August/September occurrence, not late June, but here we are with a 60% chance for development over the next five days.
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The orange cone above indicates a track that is heading straight toward the Caribbean.
Environmental conditions appear conducive for development over the next few days, and a tropical depression could form by early next week as this system moves westward at around 15 to 20 mph over the tropical Atlantic, NHC said.
Any potential development would not threaten Florida due to another blocking ridge expected to build over Florida by the end of June.
8 am EDT Jun 24: A tropical depression could form over the tropical Atlantic during the early to middle part of next week while it moves westward and approaches the Windward Islands.
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) June 24, 2022
Continue to monitor https://t.co/tW4KeGdBFb for updates on this system. Next outlook at 2 pm. pic.twitter.com/b3YObHMaFE
The next named storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season will be Bonnie.