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Atlantic Hurricane Season Watch: New Storm Potential
23 Aug
Summary
- Tropical wave shows increasing odds of developing into a storm.
- Two other systems tracked have low development chances.
- Atlantic hurricane season has seen three named systems so far.
A tropical wave moving into the eastern Atlantic from off the west African coast on Monday shows increasing potential for development. Forecasters are giving this system a 50% chance to form into a tropical depression by the middle to latter part of the week while it moves westward across the Atlantic.
Two other weather systems are being monitored. One in the northeastern Atlantic has only a slight chance of acquiring subtropical characteristics and is moving towards Portugal and northwestern Spain. Another system, a trough of low pressure southeast of Bermuda, has a 30% chance of development over the next seven days.
The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, which began on June 1, has been slow with only three named systems: Arthur, Bertha, and Cristobal. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has updated its seasonal forecast, now expecting between seven and 13 named storms, with two to six becoming hurricanes, and possibly no major hurricanes.
An average year typically sees 14 named storms and seven hurricanes. The height of the hurricane season, which runs through mid-October, is just beginning.
