AXNT20 KNHC 030001
TWDAT

TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHING THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS ALONG 22W S OF
19N MOVING W NEAR 10 KT...WITH A 1011 MB LOW ALONG THE AXIS NEAR
13N22W. THE WAVE HAS A RELATIVELY DEEP STRUCTURE WITH THE DAKAR
SOUNDING SHOWING IT REACHING FROM THE SFC TO ABOUT 500 MB. A
1912Z QSCAT PASS JUST CAUGHT THE WAVE AND SHOWS A WELL-DEFINED
LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTERED S OF THE EASTERNMOST CAPE VERDE
ISLAND. THE BULK OF THE TSTMS ARE LOCATED SW OF THE LOW ALONG
THE ITCZ...BUT WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS ARE APPROACHING
THE ISLANDS OF BOA VISTA...MAIO...AND SANTIAGO.