The National Hurricane Center on Thursday forecast the season\u2019s next tropical depression or storm was likely to form from a tropical wave moving across the Atlantic.<\/p>\n
As of the NHC\u2019s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the system located several hundred miles west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands had showers and thunderstorms that had begun to consolidate and become better organized.<\/p>\n
\u201cEnvironmental conditions are conducive for development of this system during the next several days, and a tropical depression is likely to form late this week or this weekend over central tropical Atlantic while moving slowly toward the west-northwest at 5 to 10 mph,\u201d forecasters said. \u201cThe system is likely to move faster toward the west or west-northwest thereafter and reach the waters east of the Lesser Antilles by the middle of next week.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NHC gave it a 50% chance to develop in the next two days and 80% chance to develop in the next seven.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s too early to say if the system will have any impact on Florida.<\/p>\n
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If it develops, it would be the seventh tropical cyclone of the season and could become Tropical Storm Gabrielle.<\/p>\n
The most recent, Tropical Storm Fernand, became post-tropical last week in the north Atlantic.<\/p>\n
Only one of the six named storms has reached hurricane status. What had been Hurricane Erin, which grew to Category 5 major hurricane status with 160 mph winds, ended up not making landfall, but did prompt warnings in the Caribbean and U.S. Atlantic coast earlier this month.<\/p>\n
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in early August updated<\/a>\u00a0its season forecast to call for 13-18 named storms this year, of which five to nine would grow into hurricanes. Two to five of those would develop into major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher.<\/p>\n
The height of hurricane season runs from mid-August into October while the entire six-month season runs June 1 to Nov. 30.<\/p>\n
Originally Published: September 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM EDT<\/p>\n