By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist
Aug 10, 2012; 6:20 AM ET
Tropical
Depression Seven could become Tropical Storm Gordon before bringing drenching
downpours and squalls to the Windward and Leeward islands this weekend.
Maximum
sustained winds are near 35 mph. Slow strengthening is expected over the next
48 hours. The depression has the potential to become a tropical storm on
Friday.
AccuWeather.com
meteorologists continue to monitor other features in the Atlantic Basin,
including a system that will slowly organize in the coming days.
According
to Tropical Weather Expert Dan Kottlowski, "While a large mass of dry air
will continue to mitigate the system's strength in the short term, warm water
and weak wind shear farther west could allow for modest development in the days
ahead."
Conditions
could become more favorable for strengthening into a tropical storm by tonight.
At
this time, we do not expect a quick ramp-up through hurricane intensity levels
However,
while the system is oriented about the same latitude as Ernesto was, it appears
to be slightly more organized and perhaps slightly farther north.
"Folks
in the Lesser Antilles should be ready for tropical storm conditions beginning
this weekend," Kottlowski said.
Through
the weekend at least, we should see a similar path to Ernesto with the same
swift steering wind conditions.
Meanwhile,
a tropical wave moving off the coast of Africa near the Cape Verde Islands
bears watching for tropical development in the coming days.
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