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Tropics Watch: Hurricane center monitors wave in Atlantic

System has 20% chance of development

ORLANDO, Fla. – The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday started keeping tabs on a tropical wave in the eastern Atlantic.

Clouds and showers are associated with the wave, which was a few hundred miles south of the Cabo Verde Islands.

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The NHC said dry air should prevent significant organization during the next few days, but environmental conditions could become more conducive for some development by the weekend as the wave moves west at 15-20 mph.

The wave has a 20% chance to develop tropical characteristics over the next seven days.

The next named storm will be called Emily.

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Hurricane season runs through November.