No tropical development expected through weekend

No tropical development is expected through the weekend.

The tropical Atlantic is covered with a combination of Saharan dust and unfavorable upper-level winds.  These conditions are expected to prevent any development of tropical systems into the weekend.

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Looking at next week, the computer models indicate that the atmosphere will continue to be unfavorable, but sometimes a small window of opportunity develops that can't be detected this far in advance.  

The upper-level system that has been pulling up tropical moisture and producing heavy rain over South Florida is moving out. Its effect should be over by Wednesday.