Energy market watching Atlantic low pressure systems

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The energy market watched a couple of low pressure systems in the Atlantic Ocean that could develop into tropical depressions or storms over the next couple of days. A broad area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave over the central Atlantic about 850 miles east of the Windward Islands could develop into a tropical depression during the next couple of days as it moves westward at 15 to 20 miles per hour, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its 8 a.m. EDT report. In addition, the NHC said a large area of disorganized thunderstorms located over the eastern Atlantic a couple hundred miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands could slowly develop over the next couple of days as it moves westward at about 15 mph. If either system strengthens into a tropical storm, with winds of 39 to 73 miles... [read full story]