ORLANDO, Fla. _ A tropical wave, with the possibility of becoming Tropical Storm Humberto, has Florida in its trajectory as it descends upon the Bahamas, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Several tropical waves exist with the potential to develop tropical maturity over the next five days including a new system that spawned Monday night near the Cabo Verde Islands.
The system closest to Florida is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms near Hispaniola. It's expected to move over the Bahamas and Florida between Thursday and the weekend. The storm has a 20% chance of tropical development within that time.
However, NHC meteorologists are expecting little from the storm due to environmental conditions being unfavorable.
Just west of the storm, the second disturbance lying in the mid Atlantic has a 30% chance of becoming a tropical depression in the next two-to-five days. The system, currently near the Lesser Antilles, is expected to encounter upper-level winds diminishing its chances of organizing itself into a tropical depression.
The third tropical wave; which developed Monday evening near the Cabo Verde Islands, has a 20% chance of becoming a tropical depression in the next five days as it heads toward the Lesser Antilles, the NHC said.
If any of the systems should organize into a tropical depression it will be the ninth recorded depression of the year.
If it then grows to maintain at least 39 mph sustained winds, it would become Tropical Storm Humberto.
The tropics are a windy place at the moment which falls in line with meteorologists' belief that the week of Sept. 10 is the peak of hurricane season.
In 2004, Florida saw four hurricanes strike between August and September when Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne pummeled the state in short order.
