Strong tropical wave (Invest 96L) located south of the Cape Verde Islands near 12N 22W at 07/12Z moving west at 12 knots. Low pressure center associated with the wave with winds of 25 knots and a pressure of 1007MB.

Conditions favor additional development since a small area of low-level banding is already evident, although at the moment, most of the convection is located to the west of the low pressure center. The system should move to the west for the next 24 hours before taking a track more to the west northwest.

Another area to monitor is a convective flareup in the Bay of Campeche.
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