Ophelia Discussion Thread

I know with Nate bearing down on the northern Gulf Coast not much interest in this, but I think it still needs a thread.  Could be are next named system.


A non-tropical area of low pressure is located about 700 miles

southwest of the Azores. This system is beginning to acquire

subtropical characteristics, and environmental conditions are

expected to be conducive for the development of a tropical or

subtropical cyclone during the next day or so while the low drifts

toward the southwest. Thereafter, the atmosphere is expected to

become hostile for further development.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent.

* Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent.