The National Hurricane Center on Friday continued to track two tropical waves in the Atlantic with a chance to become the season\u2019s next tropical depression or storm.<\/p>\n
As of the NHC\u2019s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the leading wave, Invest 92, was about 400 miles east of the Caribbean\u2019s Windward Islands with gusty winds and a large area of showers and thunderstorms.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis system is moving into a region of increasing upper-level winds and dry air, and the potential of development
continues to decrease,\u201d forecasters said. \u201cEven though development is unlikely, gusty winds and areas of heavy rain are possible across portions of the Lesser Antilles tonight and on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NHC dropped its chances to 20% that it would develop in the two to seven days. Earlier in the week, chances had been up to 80%.<\/p>\n
Chances are higher for a tropical wave, Invest 94, in the central tropical Atlantic located more than 1,000 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands with disorganized showers and thunderstorms.<\/p>\n
\u201cEnvironmental conditions are forecast to be generally conducive for gradual development, and a tropical depression could form this weekend or early next week while the wave moves westward or west-northwestward across the central tropical Atlantic,\u201d forecasters said.<\/p>\n
The NHC gave it a 30% chance to develop in the next two days and 50% in the next seven.<\/p>\n
Some long-term computer models, such as the Global Forecast System<\/a>, or GFS, have this system potentially approaching Florida after moving over or just north of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola.<\/p>\n If either system were to grow into a named system, they could become Tropical Storm Dolly.<\/p>\n The active tropics come near the 22nd anniversary of Hurricane Charley<\/a> slamming into Florida, the beginning of one of the worst hurricane years in the state\u2019s history.<\/p>\n So far the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, which began June 1 and runs through Nov. 30, has been slow with only three named systems \u2013 tropical storms Arthur<\/a> and Bertha<\/a> and the short-lived Cristobal that spun up and fell apart this week.<\/p>\n After Dolly, the next name on the list is Edouard.<\/p>\n JUST IN: NOAA’s Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook remains ‘below normal,’ in August update<\/p>\n *U.S. residents need to remain prepared*<\/p>\n Details: https:\/\/t.co\/kxshxyagwC<\/a>#HurricaneOutlook<\/a> @NWS<\/a> @NWSCPC<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/3N9s8hrz8e<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NOAA (@NOAA) August 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n