On August 17 a tropical wave , probably from the same wave from which Tropical Depression Ten had developed from earlier in the month , began to organize in the central Caribbean . Tropical Storm Jose was first identified as a tropical wave that moved off the western coast of Africa on August 8 , 2005 . On August 13 , the system spawned Tropical Depression Ten over the central Atlantic ; the wave itself continued westward , entering the Caribbean Sea on August 17 .