Watching the Tropics

Hurricane Bill is long gone, but the tropics aren’t completely quiet.  The National Hurricane Center is watching two areas.  The area circled in orange just northeast of the Leeward Islands is the most interesting feature this evening.  This area shows a tropical wave interacting with an upper-level low moving toward the northwest.  The computer models have conflicting ideas regarding what to do with this area of unsettled weather.  We’ll keep an eye on it as the moisture could impact our weekend weather here in Hampton Roads and Northeast North Carolina. 

Meteorologist Cheryl Nelson