Tropical Storm Cristobal formed in the Atlantic Wednesday, with two more systems being watched for tropical development, forecasters said.<\/p>\n
Aug 12, 2026 10:40 AM EDT | Updated Aug 12, 2026 2:14 PM EDT<\/p>\n
Tropical Storm Cristobal, the third named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, formed Wednesday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center said<\/a>. <\/p>\n The system strengthened as forecasters are eyeing two more areas in the Atlantic for possible tropical development. <\/p>\n \n Subscribe<\/a>\n<\/p>\n Cristobal, located northeast of Bermuda, is heading east across the ocean, away from the U.S., at 25 mph, the NHC said. <\/p>\n The system is recording maximum sustained winds of 45 mph, with some higher gusts, the agency said. Tropical-storm-force winds are extended about 90 miles from the center. <\/p>\n The storm is expected to lose steam shortly, according to NHC meteorologists. “Slow <\/p>\n weakening is forecast \u2026 [later Wednesday] as the storm moves over <\/p>\n progressively cooler waters and encounters increasingly dry <\/p>\n mid-level air and stronger northerly wind shear. Cristobal is <\/p>\n expected to be short-lived and dissipate on Thursday.”<\/p>\n As it moves away from the U.S., there’s a remote chance it could merge with another front, bringing rain to parts of Ireland and the United Kingdom early next week, AccuWeather forecasters said.<\/p>\n (National Hurricane Center)<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Invest 92-L could strengthen into the season’s fourth named tropical storm, Dolly. <\/p>\n Invest 92-L, an area of showers and thunderstorms associated with a tropical wave, is about 950 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands, as of Wednesday afternoon, <\/a>the NHC said. <\/p>\n This system has an 80 percent chance of strengthening into a tropical depression over the next two days, the agency said.<\/p>\n “Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for development during the next couple of days, and a tropical depression will likely form while the system moves westward to west-northwestward across the central tropical Atlantic,” according to the NHC.<\/p>\n The system “is currently in a zone that is generally favorable for development this week,” AccuWeather lead hurricane expert Alex DaSilva said, adding that it will most likely develop from Wednesday through Friday.<\/p>\n