Leslie has finally dissipated after bringing heavy rain and strong winds to Portugal and Spain. Now we are watching a tropical wave in the Atlantic.

Right now it is a disorganized area of showers and storms moving west at 15 mph. It has a narrow window of development before conditions become unfavorable with higher wind shear and drier air. The National Hurricane Center has only given it a 10% of developing over the next 2 to 5 days.

Nadine has dissipated and is now an area of moisture working its way west in the Atlantic. Leslie is still holding together as a category 1 hurricane with 75 mph winds. Although the storm is still tropical, it is taking on more extratropical characteristics as drier air works in and the eye becomes less distinct. Later today Portugal will experience near hurricane force winds and 1-3″ rainfall totals with isolated amounts of 5″ possible in Spain as well. The storm will quickly weaken upon making landfall. .