New Tropical Disturbance Tracked Off Florida Coast: NHC

FLORIDA — Days after Hurricane Beryl, now a weakening post tropical cyclone near the Indiana/Ohio border, pummeled areas in the Caribbean, Mexico and Texas, forecasters are eyeing a new tropical disturbance, according to the National Hurricane Center.

A broad line of low pressure that has popped up in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of north Florida and Georgia is producing some disorganized showers and thunderstorms, NHC said.

The system has low chances of developing, just 10 percent over the next seven days.

“Environmental conditions appear only marginally favorable for some additional development of this system over the next couple of days before it moves inland over the southeastern
U.S. by this weekend,” NHC said.

Denis Phillips, meteorologist for ABC Action News, said there’s no cause for concern.

“Non tropical. Will eventually be absorbed by a front,” he wrote in a Facebook post. “Nothing to worry about. Matter of fact, the Carolinas are in a big drought so this could be pretty helpful for some.”

Paul Dellegatto, a meteorologist for Fox 13, wrote in a Facebook post, “General high pressure, dry air, and Saharan dust will cover much of the tropics this week with no development expected.”

• Monday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 91. Heat index values as high as 100. West wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.
• Monday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 80. West northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.
• Thursday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 11 a.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 91. Heat index values as high as 102. West northwest wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
• Thursday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 77. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent.
• Friday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 90. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent.
• Friday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8 p.m., then scattered showers and thunderstorms between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 77. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent.