The center of what used to be tropical depression five is now spinning over central Alabama and is beginning to make a push back to the south toward the Gulf of Mexico. All of our models bring the center of the remnants of TD5 back into the far northern Gulf late tomorrow and into Monday -- upper level wind should be ideal for restrengthening and I think there's a very good chance this will become a tropical system again before heading toward the Louisiana coast.
Also out in the tropics, all of our forecast models are indicating the real start of the Cape Verde -- east Atlantic/Africa -- season later this week. For the past several model runs (or model versions at a given time), all have indicating the development of a tropical system by late this week. We'll keep an eye on it for you but any impact even on the islands of the Caribbean -- if at all -- would still be many, many days away.
Brian
