The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday continued to track a system in the Atlantic that may develop into the season\u2019s next tropical depression or storm.<\/p>\n
As of the NHC\u2019s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the system was located several hundred miles south-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands with disorganized showers and thunderstorms.<\/p>\n
\u201cEnvironmental conditions remain conducive for gradual development of this system during the next several days, and a tropical depression is likely to form late this week or this weekend,\u201d forecasters said. \u201cThis system is expected to move westward to west-northwestward at around 15 mph across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic into early next week.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NHC gave it a 30% chance to develop in the next two days and 70% 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
Checking in on a tropical wave we are monitoring for tropical cyclone development. This wave currently has a a HIGH chance of becoming a tropical cyclone in the next 7 days. \ud83c\udf00<\/p>\n
Visit https:\/\/t.co\/QJ4DpXwmJm<\/a> for more information! pic.twitter.com\/LmP8gUHAxb<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NHC_TAFB (@NHC_TAFB) September 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n 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 \t\t\t