KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is advising that a tropical depression could form in the Atlantic during the latter half of this week.

The NOAA says an area of low pressure located a few hundred miles south of the  Cabo Verde Islands is producing disorganised showers and thunderstorms.

As this system moves slowly westward, a tropical wave currently over west Africa is expected to merge with it in a couple of days.