7-day Outlook — Atlantic

Extended outlook for tropical systems that could form within the next week.

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Plain-language outlook

Over the next 7 days the Atlantic has a few low-to-moderate chance areas (up to about 40%) that forecasters are watching. One is INVEST 95L — a cluster of storms a few hundred miles southeast of Bermuda that could become a tropical depression or tropical storm and bring extra rain and rough seas near Bermuda into early next week; another low west of Portugal could briefly gain subtropical or tropical traits tonight into Sunday, bringing rain and choppy coastal waters to Portugal and northwestern Spain before weakening.

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Atlantic

NHC text discussion

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
800 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America:

Northeastern Atlantic:
A strong non-tropical area of low pressure is located over the
northeastern Atlantic several hundred miles west of the coast of
Portugal. This system could acquire some subtropical or tropical
characteristics tonight or on Sunday while it moves east-
southeastward at 10 to 15 mph toward Portugal and northwestern
Spain. The opportunity for tropical or subtropical development
should end by Sunday night when the system encounters unfavorable
environmental conditions. For more information, see High Seas
Forecasts issued by Meteo France.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.

Central Subtropical Atlantic:
Satellite imagery indicates that a broad area of low pressure has
formed in association with the shower and thunderstorm activity a
few hundred miles east-southeast of Bermuda. Additional slow
development of this system is possible during the next few days as
it drifts westward on Sunday and then accelerates northward early
next week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent.

Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave is expected to move off the west coast of Africa on
Monday. An area of low pressure could form in association with the
wave soon after it moves off the coast. Environmental conditions are
marginally conducive for development, and a tropical depression
could form by the middle to latter portions of next week while the
system moves westward at 15 to 20 mph across the eastern and central
tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 percent.

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High Seas Forecasts issued by Meteo France can be found under WMO
header FQNT50 LFPW and on the web at
https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/raw/fq/fqnt50.lfpw..txt

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Forecaster Beven