According to the National Hurricane Prediction Centre, a Tropical depression has formed just off the southern most area of the Cape Verde Islands. Known as something of a marine nursery when it comes to Hurricanes, the islands gave birth to Hurricane Ivan which devastated the Cayman Islands in September 2004.
Although the minimum central pressure was 1007 mb on Tuesday evening, Tropical depression four had maximum sustained wind speeds of 30 kt with gusts to 40 kt.
The centre reported that a 24 hour infrared satellite loop shows that the depression has not gained convection or much organization to it.
One explanation was because of the large amount of stable air and Saharan dust to the north of the cyclone, the NOAC reported.
The stormed formed on Monday and should it become a tropical storm as is predicted then it will take the name Debbie. Heading towards Bermuda most predictors said it was too early to say whether it would develop into a hurricane and hit land.
So far this season only four minor tropical storms have formed in the Atlantic region even though hurricane forecasters had predicted a busy season to match both 2004 and 2005.
