Tropical Storm Ophelia Could Regenerate

Ophelia, you’re one tough gal. All along forecasters have said the Tropical Storm lacked the proper structure and faced tough odds of survival against strong winds in the Caribbean.

After dying out over the weekend, the National Hurricane Center now says Ophelia has an 80 percent chance of reforming into a tropical storm off the Northern Leeward Islands.

Follow the latest updates on Ophelia.

The 8 a.m. Tuesday advisory says the remnants of Ophelia are producing a large area of showers and thunderstorms, but it's not likely to impact the mainland U.S.

“Surface and satellite observations indicate that the system has a broad circulation and upper-level winds appear somewhat conducive for circulation,” the Hurricane Center forecaster wrote.

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Over the next 48 hours, the storm has a strong chance of regenerating into a tropical cyclone, the Hurricane Center predicts. Forecasts show the storm moving slowly over the Leeward Islands today and on Wednesday.

“Remnants of Tropical Storm Ophelia, nearly stationary just east of the Leeward Islands, likely to become a tropical storm again in the next day or two, but will head northward later this week with no direct impacts on U.S. mainland,” the Weather Channel wrote.

Tropical Storm Phillippe, which is churning east of Ophelia, similarly won’t have any impact on the U.S.

“Tropical Storm Philippe will meander over the eastern or central Atlantic for the next several days to a week or more, without affecting land, and is very unlikely to ever affect the U.S.,” the Weather Channel wrote in its morning forecast.