Harvey falls apart in the Caribbean

Tropical Storm Harvey lost its title on Saturday night and has been downgraded to a tropical wave.

The National Hurricane Center said Harvey, the eighth named storm of 2017 in the Atlantic, fell victim to wind shear and looks more like an open wave than a tropical storm.

A Hurricane Hunter reconnaissance confirmed that diagnosis later Saturday, unable to find a closed center of circulation in the system.

The hurricane center said regeneration was unlikely in the short term and said it was issuing the last advisory on the storm.

As of the final advisory, at 10 p.m. CDT Saturday, the remnants of Harvey were located about 765 miles east of the Nicaragua-Honduras border and were moving to the west at 22 mph.

The system had winds of 35 mph.

What's left of Harvey is expected to stay on a westward path for the next few days, the hurricane center said, and will move across the eastern and central Caribbean over the weekend.

Forecasters cautioned those in the central and western Caribbean, northern Nicaragua, northern Honduras, Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico to keep an eye on Harvey.

The hurricane center said the wind shear that did Harvey in is expected to diminish in a day or two, but the storm is not expected to regenerate in the near future because it is moving so fast, and because of dry air in its vicinity.

Forecasters noted, however, that regeneration might be possible if Harvey's remnants emerge over the Bay of Campeche.

There are two tropical waves in the Atlantic in addition to Harvey on Saturday afternoon.

The first, Invest 92L, is about 250 miles east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands as of 1 p.m. CDT and is moving to the west-northwest at about 20 mph.

This wave will be one for Florida to keep an eye on, because its forecast track puts it close to South Florida in a few days.

The question is, will it be anything to worry about?

It was still a disorganized system as of Saturday afternoon, and the atmosphere in the area is forecast to be only marginally conducive for it to get its act together in the next few days. the hurricane center said.

It has only a 30 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression over the next five days. The hurricane center did mention, however, that conditions may become more favorable for it to develop once it nears the Bahamas.

A second tropical wave farther to the east has a 10 percent chance of development but is expected to eventually recurve and turn out to sea.

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