As the remnants of Debby exit the East Coast, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is tracking a new disturbance in the Atlantic Ocean that could develop into a tropical cyclone.
The tropical wave located several hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the tropical Atlantic.
The NHC said the wave’s development should be slow during the next couple of days as it moves westward across the central Atlantic.
A tropical depression could form by early next week as the system approaches the Lesser Antilles.
The area of low pressure has a high chance of developing into a cyclone over the next week.
The Southeast is on alert for any new tropical development as recovery is still underway in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, where Debby caused widespread flooding and several deaths.
After a lull in tropical activity for most of July, Debby made its first U.S. landfall in Florida on Monday as a Category 1 hurricane.
It made a second landfall in South Carolina as a tropical storm Thursday.
FOX Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross said other disturbances are developing over Africa, and more systems are likely toward the middle of August.
This week, experts at Colorado State University slightly lowered their forecast number of named storms for the remainder of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.
Still, the outlook still calls for a busier-than-average season.
NOAA also updated its forecast for the season and said it is still expected to be extremely active.
The 2024 hurricane season has spawned four named storms, including Hurricane Beryl and Hurricane Debby.
Once sustained winds reach at least 39 mph around the center of circulation, the system will be given the name Ernesto.
