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Tropical depression could form near Cape Verde Islands

A low-pressure system in the Atlantic Ocean approaching the Cape Verde Islands could become a tropical depression before moving over cooler waters on Thursday, the US National Hurricane Center said Wednesday afternoon.

NOAA graphic - disturbed weather near to the Cape Verde Islands just off the coast of Africa

The system was moving to the northwest at 10 to 15 MPH and could cause heavy rain and gusty winds over the Cape Verde Islands later Wednesday and Thursday, the NHC said in its 2 p.m. EDT report. If the system strengthens into a tropical storm, with winds of 39 to 73 mph, the NHC will name it Edouard. The weather models showed the system would reach the middle of the Atlantic Ocean in about five days.