Satellite shot of the Cape Verde Islands. (by NASA)

Weather Forecast Anne Mari -16 August- day 8

General situation
As from now we will keep a close watch for tropical activity in general and more specificly for the Cape Verdes.
At this moment, main tropical activity is confined to the zone South of N13°. With tropical activity is meant: tropical showers/thunderstorms and development of tropical storms and cyclones. At this stage no tropical storms nor cyclones are developing. However the South of N13° the showery and thundery activity is quite significant but except from an isolated cell the conditions around the Cape Verdes look fairly calm for the next three or four days.
There is some indication that after 4 or 5 days there moves a deepening depression from the African coast into the Atlantic on the CV-latitude-this development has to be confirmed by the next computer runs.
Day 1: 16 Aug:
Expected track: at 16.5/-23.0 (Sal)
Weather: sunny spells with low clouds and patchy instability cloudiness/minor or no showery activity
Wind: 070-090°/10-14kt after 1/18utc 100-120/8-12kt
Swell-Waves: from NNE to NE, significant height: 1-1.5mr
Remarks/warnings/strategy:  -

Day 2: 17 Aug:
Expected track: at 16.5/-23.0 (Sal)
Weather: sunny with some scattered cloudiness - no showery activity
Wind: less than 5kt from variable directions, after 12/15utc becoming 350-010/less than 5kt
Swell-Waves: NE’ly and S’ly swell meet, Southerly takes over.
Remarks/warnings/strategy: -

Day 3: 18 Aug:
Expected track: at 16.5/-23.0 (Sal)
Weather: sunny - fair
Wind: 310-330/6-10kt - no significant change
Swell-Waves: from South, significant height: 1-1.5mr. Following night the NE’ly system comes in again and will take over.
Remarks/warnings/strategy: -

Day 4: 19 Aug:
Expected track: at 16.5/23.0 (Sal)
Weather: sunny spells but more instability cloudiness, maybe a few showers/thunderstorms developing
Wind: 320-340/6-10kt after 18/21utc becoming less than 5kt from variable directions
Swell-Waves: from N, significant height 1mr
Remarks/warnings/strategy: -

Further Outlook (use carefully as confidence on such a long term is very low)
Depends on plans.

Remark:
signficant wave height: is the average height of 1/3 of the heighest waves

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