A tropical wave is currently located over the Lesser Antilles. Satellite imagery this morning indicates that there has been some increase in shower and thunderstorm activity with this tropical wave... https://crownweather.com/index.php/author/rob/
A side note there was a report out on what people stock up on when their area is under Hurricane watches... Beer and pop tarts! no joke!
So far it is not doing anything much. Not looking for a big bru-ha-ha, but we could sure use the rain. Maybe a good light-med. shower for about 3 or 4 days. Would love to see a green island again. Cisterns filling up, etc.
Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 200 PM EDT Wed Aug 29 2018
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. A vigorous low pressure area associated with a tropical wave is forecast to form between the coast of Africa and the Cabo Verde Islands on Thursday. Conditions appears to be favorable for development, and a tropical depression could form over the weekend while the system moves west-northwestward near the Cabo Verde Islands and the adjacent Atlantic. This system is expected to bring rains and gusty winds to those islands in two or three days, and interests in that region should monitor the progress of this disturbance. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent.
Beer I get, but Pop Tarts? For real? Too funny.....
Here is a link to back up my statement...
"Strawberry Pop-Tarts increase in sales, like seven times their normal sales rate, ahead of a hurricane. And the pre-hurricane top-selling item was beer,"