National Hurricane Center Maps Track Three Atlantic Developments
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Meteorologists are tracking three weather systems raging out over the Atlantic this week, amid fears that fierce winds could morph into U.S.-bound hurricanes.
A map published by the National Hurricane Center looks particularly congested right now, as the forecasters plot areas of concern to help shape their predictions of how the weather patterns will develop.
The area is "heating up," the experts warned on X. Advisories have already been issued for Tropical Storm Dexter, while two further "disturbances" out at sea are also being monitored.
Trees bend as they are whipped by Hurricane Irma on September 10, 2017, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Trees bend as they are whipped by Hurricane Irma on September 10, 2017, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.Why It Matters
Hurricane season in the U.S. is well underway and has already broken records with Hurricane Flossie becoming the earliest F-named storm ever measured. In May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicted an "above-normal 2025 Atlantic hurricane season," due to higher ocean temperatures.
The NOAA said it expects about 13 to 19 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher) with 6 to 10 of those likely to become hurricanes (winds of more than 74 mph), and some 3 to 5 could be major hurricanes with winds over 111 mph.
It's a fraught time for millions of Americans after a particularly brutal season last year, which culminated in swathes of destruction wreaked by Hurricane Helene, which killed hundreds of people in October.
This map, shared by the National Hurricane Center at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows Tropical Storm Dexter and two further disturbances being monitored.
This map, shared by the National Hurricane Center at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows Tropical Storm Dexter and two further disturbances being monitored.
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What To Know
As hurricane-watch continues this summer, Tropical Storm Dexter has already been subject to an official advisory. As of 5 a.m. AST on Monday, the storm was seeing sustained winds of 45 mph. Hurricanes have sustained winds of 74 mph, so Dexter is some way off that point so far. And the NHC later posted on X to say that Dexter was now "forecast to move away from the U.S. coast and stay north of Bermuda."
A second "disturbance" lies even closer to the southeastern coast, and has a "30 percent chance of cyclone formation in 7 days," the NHC said. "A broad area of low pressure is forecast to form in a couple of days a few hundred miles off the coast of the southeastern United States. Some gradual developing of this system is possible during the middle or latter part of the week as the system drifts to the west or northwest," the forecasters added.
A third "disturbance" is deemed to be higher risk, with a "50 percent chance of cyclone formation in 7 days," NHC forecasters warned. That's because a "tropical wave" is forecast, which is a type of atmospheric trough formed of low air pressure.
"A tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa later today [Monday]. Thereafter, some gradual development of the wave is possible, and a tropical depression could form late this week while it moves generally west-northwestward across the central tropical Atlantic," meteorologist James Spann wrote on X.
What People Are Saying
The National Hurricane Center posted on X on Sunday: "The Tropics are heating up with 3 systems that we are monitoring." The agency shared a map showing the three weather patterns under observation.
8/3 2pm- The Tropics are heating up with 3 systems that we are monitoring. #AL95 offshore of the Carolinas has a high chance of becoming a TS by Monday as it moves away from the US. Two other systems have some development potential this week- More: https://t.co/tW4KeGdBFb pic.twitter.com/MXYF7nDj88 — National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 3, 2025
When the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) warned of the likelihood of an "above-normal" hurricane season for 2025 in May, Acting NOAA Administrator Laura Grimm said at the time: "As we witnessed last year with significant inland flooding from hurricanes Helene and Debby, the impacts of hurricanes can reach far beyond coastal communities. NOAA is critical for the delivery of early and accurate forecasts and warnings, and provides the scientific expertise needed to save lives and property."
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