Important Takeaways:

• Tropical activity heats up in busy Atlantic as NHC tracks 1 storm, 3 disturbances
• The National Hurricane Center is watching five areas in the Atlantic basin
• The NHC is also monitoring Tropical Storm Franklin, the remnants of Tropical Storm Emily and a tropical disturbance in the Atlantic.
• Tropical Storm Franklin is still moving slowly as it approaches the Dominican Republic. The storm is expected to bring heavy rain to both Puerto Rico and Hispaniola through the day.
• The storm will inch towards the southern coast of Hispaniola on overnight and into Wednesday, threatening “life-threatening” flash flooding in the Dominican Republic as forecasted rain totals reach 10-15 inches in some spots, the NHC reports
• What was Tropical Storm Emily is now just a remnant low being monitored as “Disturbance No. 2”. The disturbance does have a 30% chance of reforming into a tropical depression within in the next two days and a 50% chance within the next week.
• The fourth area of interest in the Atlantic is near Africa. Atmospheric conditions degraded, and the NHC feels that the chances of development are low to medium that a tropical depression could form later in the week in the eastern tropical Atlantic. This disturbance has a 10% chance of development over the next two days and a 40% chance of becoming a tropical depression over the next seven days, the NHC says.

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