Tropical Storm Fay has begun its gradual weakening that will continue over the next few days while Tropical Storm Gonzalo’s strength is holding steady as it churns in the far eastern Atlantic.

The National Hurricane Center expects both storms to be relatively short-lived.

Gonzalo formed late Thursday night off of the coast of western Africa, and the storm’s maximum sustained winds remain at 50 mph, moving north at 9 mph, according to the hurricane center’s latest advisory.

The center of the storm will continue to pass near northeastern parts of the Cabo Verde Islands, a few hundred miles off the western African coast, Friday night. Its tropical-storm-force winds extend up to 205 miles from the center, and a tropical storm warning is in place for the islands.

“Weakening is expected to begin by Saturday morning and continue through the weekend,” the hurricane center’s latest advisory said, and Tropical Storm Gonzalo is likely to degenerate by Sunday.

Tropical Storm Gonzalo's forecast cone as of 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (National Hurricane Center/Courtesy)Tropical Storm Gonzalo’s forecast cone as of 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (National Hurricane Center/Courtesy)

Tropical Storm Fay, after degenerating Tuesday, redeveloped into a storm by Thursday evening and does not present any threats to land. The storm’s maximum sustained winds have dropped to 50 mph as it moves west-southwest at 5 mph in the Atlantic far east of Bermuda.

Fay is expected to continue to slowly weaken over the next few days, the hurricane center’s advisory said.

This hurricane season breaks a 112-year record now that the Atlantic has gone without a hurricane through Sept. 21, experts said.

“If this year’s Atlantic season has no hurricanes by Nov. 30, that will be only the third such season on record, preceded by 1914 and 1907,” AccuWeather reported.

Tropical Storm Fay's forecast cone as of 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (National Hurricane Center/Courtesy)Tropical Storm Fay’s forecast cone as of 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (National Hurricane Center/Courtesy)

Due to a strong El Niño, this is a well-below-average hurricane season that has produced just six tropical storms and no hurricanes. Hurricane season, which runs through Nov. 30, passed its statistical peak on Sept. 10.

“It’s extremely unusual, of course, to get this far into the season with the Atlantic hurricane-free,” Fox Weather hurricane expert Bryan Norcross wrote on his Hurricane Intel blog. “But this week is only the mid-point of the hurricane season for South Florida, if you average landfall dates over the long-term record.”

The next storm to form in the Atlantic would be Hanna.