09/19/2026
Good news……..
TROPICAL UPDATE
1 PM SATURDAY 9/19/2026
BOTTOM LINE: This is not a threat to the United States or any other land areas.
The disturbance in the far eastern Atlantic has developed a well-defined center with winds of 35 mph and is now Tropical Depression Six.
Conditions could become slightly more favorable for development, allowing the depression to strengthen into Tropical Storm Fay tonight or tomorrow. After Sunday, however, wind shear will increase dramatically, causing the system to weaken before it is eventually absorbed by a cold front early next week.
The depression is currently drifting toward the Azores, but it is not expected to get close enough to have any impact there. High pressure will eventually steer it back toward the southwest, keeping it safely over the open Atlantic.
Elsewhere, the tropics remain quiet!