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Tropical Storm Could Form Before This Weekend As Hurricane Season Nears Peak Tropical Storm Could Form Before This Weekend As Hurricane Season Nears Peak
Tropical Storm Could Form Before This Weekend As Hurricane Season Nears Peak The Atlantic may not wait for peak season. Forecasters are monitoring a budding system that could spin up into the next named storm before the weekend. The National Hurricane Center said a tropical wave over the far eastern Atlantic has a medium chance of becoming a tropical depression or storm over the next week. The system is still thousands of miles from land and remains disorganized. 8 pm ET Aug 31 - NHC is monitoring a tropical wave over the far eastern Atlantic that has a medium chance of developing into a tropical depression during the next week. Visit https://t.co/tW4KeGdBFb fo…

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by Joe Lombardi
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New Tropical Threats Line Up Along Same Atlantic Track As Erin New Tropical Threats Line Up Along Same Atlantic Track As Erin
New Tropical Threats Line Up Along Same Atlantic Track As Erin Erin may be moving on, but the Atlantic isn’t. A pair of fresh tropical waves are bubbling along the same corridor where Hurricane Erin formed earlier this month, and forecasters say development odds are rising. According to AccuWeather, both systems have a high chance of developing into tropical depressions as they move westward across the Atlantic. A third tropical wave, still over Africa, is also expected to enter the Atlantic soon, keeping the basin unusually active for this point in the season. The next names on the 2025 Atlantic storm list are Fernand and Gabrielle; five named storm…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Erin Strengthens To Become First Atlantic Hurricane Of 2025: Here's Latest Erin Strengthens To Become First Atlantic Hurricane Of 2025: Here's Latest
Erin Strengthens To Become First Atlantic Hurricane Of 2025: Here's Latest Erin has just become first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season.  The National Hurricane Center made the announcement in its 11 a.m. update on Friday, Aug. 15. Erin, which started the day as a tropical storm, is churning north of Puerto Rico, with its projected path steering between Bermuda and the US East Coast, and the core expected to pass near or north of the Leeward Islands on Saturday, Aug. 16. Forecasters caution that Erin’s exact track remains uncertain, but even a glancing blow could bring damaging winds, coastal flooding, and heavy rain to eastern North Carolina, Long Islan…

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Tropical Activity Ramping Up: Here's Latest On Systems Forecasters Are Watching Tropical Activity Ramping Up: Here's Latest On Systems Forecasters Are Watching
Tropical Activity Ramping Up: Here's Latest On Systems Forecasters Are Watching A mid-season lull in named storms may soon be a distant memory, with tropical activity ramping up this week. "Later this week into the upcoming weekend, forecasters are monitoring the potential for a storm to take shape along the Southeast Coast," said AccuWeather.com, noting that it could pose a threat "for rounds of rain along the mid-Atlantic and New England coasts by the upcoming weekend." Forecasters are now monitoring these other systems over multiple zones. Here's a rundown: A westward-moving tropical wave in the Caribbean Sea is "expected to become more conduci…

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by Joe Lombardi