On September 22, another tropical wave left Africa and entered the eastern tropical Atlantic. Within a few days, the disturbance was close to tropical storm status, but the center was not well-defined enough. It took a few more days for the system to clear the final hurdle and become Tropical Storm Joyce on September 27, when it was located around halfway between Africa and the Leeward Islands. Joyce intensified modestly in the day after its formation and turned northwest into a weakness in the subtropical ridge. However, the system soon encountered increasing wind shear and began to weaken by September 29.
Late that same day, it weakened to a tropical depression. Though the storm continued to produce bursts of thunderstorm activity, the center became less and less defined and eventually dissipated late on September 30.
Joyce was a small tropical storm; the image above shows a satellite image from September 27.
Joyce was a short-lived tropical storm that did not affect any land areas.
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