Good morning. Sorry that I have been away from posting anything to the web site, but I’ve been quite tired after work. Anyway, Fred dissipated into a remnant low over the weekend, but its remnants are still hanging on in the Central Atlantic. Located approximately 1100 miles East of the Northern Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, these remnants have shown some improvement this morning with the increased development of showers and thunderstorms.

In addition, upper level conditions could become somewhat more favorable for development over the next couple of days. Still, the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida still gives less than a 30 percent chance for these remnants to regenerate into a tropical cyclone over the next 48 hours. Meanwhile, there is a tropical wave a few hundred miles to the West of the Cape Verde Islands. It is producing a disorganized area of showers and storms. Development with this wave is expected to be slow if at all. Elsewhere in the tropics, things are tranquil for the time being.