Wave coming off Africa could be worth hyping

As of 2:00 pm EDT Wed Jul 29 2015 ...
A tropical wave accompanied by a broad low pressure system continues
to produce shower and thunderstorm activity a couple of hundred
miles south-southeast of the Cape Verde Islands. Environmental
conditions are expected to be somewhat conducive for slow
development of this disturbance through the weekend while it moves
westward at about 15 mph.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent

 

Yup! It's been pretty flat. And cold! Plus, that million dollars worth of gold found just off the coast got my imagination going, a tropical storm could wash some interesting stuff ashore.

 

Also unrelated but Interesting comments about the Gulf, Florida, Carolina on flhurricane.com:

"The trough that has been draped from the northeast Gulf of Mexico, across Florida, and over the Gulf Stream, continues to spin low pressure centers along its axis. Occasionally these have briefly acquired some tropical characteristics, with centers temporarily becoming less entangled in the parent trof/fronts.

Most forecasts now call for another spit, with the low center which used to be located in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, and now centered east South Carolina, breaking free of another low which may be developing around the Florida-Georgia border. Models increasingly suggest that this westernmost low may drift or recenter also over the northeast Gulf of Mexico later this week, possibly to merge with another southward advancing cold front, with a few model runs now suggesting possible tropical cyclone development in the 2 to 5 day period there.

Meanwhile, the original northeast Gulf low center (now east of S Carolina) has seen increasing organization throughout the day Wednesday, and it is plausible that if it continues to show more definitive indications of breaking free from its fronts, may get Invest tagged tonight or tomorrow. While still high, shear over the system appears to be relaxing a touch as the surface low is no longer tracking counter to the upper level winds aloft. "

 

Yep! It's still alive and making its way across Atlantic. Even if it gets sheared off, maybe it will send some swell our way to break up this flatitude.