1. A large area of disorganized cloudiness and thunderstorms located a
few hundred miles south of the Cabo Verde Islands is associated with
a tropical wave interacting with a broader surface trough.
Environmental conditions appear somewhat conducive for gradual
development over the next several days, and a tropical depression
could form late this weekend or early next week while the system
moves generally west-northwestward across the tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent.