US hurricane center says 70% chance of cyclone formation in the next 48 hours off Cape Verde

A broad area of low pressure located a few hundred miles south-southeast of the Cape Verde Islands has a 70% chance of cyclone formation in the next 48 hours, the US National Hurricane Center said in an advisory on Thursday.

“This system could become a short-lived tropical depression or a tropical storm later today or on Friday while it moves northwestward to northward,” the NHC added.

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