The National Hurricane Center on Thursday continues to monitor an area of low pressure in the Atlantic Ocean that could become a “short-lived tropical storm.”
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AL96 is currently located about halfway between African and the Windward Islands. Its associated showers and thunderstorms became “better organized overnight.”
Currently, it has a 90% chance of forming into a depression in the next 48 hours, and “if the current trends continue, advisories could be initiated on a short-lived tropical storm later today,” according to the NHC’s latest update.
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“However, environmental conditions are expected to become hostile beginning on Friday, likely ending its chances for further development,” the hurricane center said.
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If it does form, the next name on the list is Dolly.