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Local forecast for Sal

Summary
- Today’s flight:
- Latest satellite image confirms the forecast that no significant deep convection is expected during the flight
- Some last changes in the edge positions
- Friday’s flight:
- Ahead of a new strong African easterly wave
- Some uncertainty on how fast the wave will approach us
- Currently it looks like pronounced deep convection will be present