Tropical Storm Dolly may have turned back into just a tropical wave on Friday, but the National Hurricane Center continued Saturday to keep its eye on it as well as a Gulf system with chances to develop.
As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the remnants of Tropical Storm Dolly, which devolved after one day, were located several hundred miles east of the Caribbean’s Leeward Islands.
“Showers and thunderstorms have increased this morning in association with the remnants of Tropical Storm Dolly,” forecasters said. “However, there are no signs that the system is developing a closed circulation.”
The system, which is still unlikely to redevelop, continued to move at a fast pace headed west to west-northwest near 25 mph.
“The wave could bring locally heavy rains and gusty winds to portions of the Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico over the next several days,” forecasters said.
The NHC still gave it a 10% chance to develop in the next seven days.
The projected path of the system, though, puts it on Florida’s doorstep after moving over the Greater Antilles.
The second system being tracked by the NHC was a weak area of low pressure with disorganized cloudiness and showers located in the northeastern and north-central Gulf centered about 100 miles south-southwest of Pensacola.
