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Storm Watch: Low Pressure System Builds Strength As It Heads West

A low pressure system located south of the Cabo Verde Islands is likely to become a storm before the weekend.

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The low pressure system has an 80% chance of becoming a tropical storm before Friday and a 90% chance of formation by Sunday.
The low pressure system has an 80% chance of becoming a tropical storm before Friday and a 90% chance of formation by Sunday. (National Hurricane Center)

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Forecasters with the National Hurricane Center are expecting another tropical storm to develop in the Atlantic before the weekend.

A low-pressure system is currently several hundred miles south of the Cabo Verde Islands and is moving westward at 15 mph. Experts say conditions are favorable for it to become a tropical storm by Friday.

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