The US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) is keeping watch over a tropical wave that is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa later this weekend.  

NHC in its 8am update on August 6 says environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for some gradual development of this system while it moves westward across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic during the early to middle part of next week.  

The disturbance has a low, 0 per cent chance of cyclone formation through the next 48 hours and a 20 per cent chance of cyclone formation through the next five days.  

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