Hurricane forecasters in Miami now say a tropical wave way out in the Atlantic has organized, and further development is possible. At 11:30 a.m., the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory saying the low pressure area is, for the first time, associated with a tropical wave and "has become a little better organized" today.

If the area of showers takes on the properties of a tropical storm - a big "if," forecasters say - it would become the third named storm of the 2007 hurricane season, Chantal.

This season, subtropical storm Andrea formed in early May and Tropical Storm Barry swirled to life in early June. Neither amounted to much.

The area that forecasters are now watching is about 1500 miles east of the Southern Windward Islands. In other words, between Africa and South America.