A tropical wave that came off the coast of Africa on October 3 is expected to gradually develop over the coming week as it tracks westward to west-northwestward through the central tropical Atlantic. The wave has had strong model support for development as it nears the Lesser Antilles Islands in the October 9-11 timeframe, when wind shear over the disturbance is expected to be low to moderate. In their 8 a.m. EDT Friday Tropical Weather Outlook, the National Hurricane Center, or NHC, gave the disturbance two-day and seven-day odds of development of 0% and 40%, respectively. The next name on the Atlantic list of storms is Jerry.
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