As the remains of Debby leaving the East Coast, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is tracking a new disturbance in the Atlantic that could develop into a tropical cyclone.
The tropical wave located several hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands produces a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the tropical Atlantic.
The NHC said the wave’s development should be slow over the next few days as it moves westward across the central Atlantic.
A tropical depression may form early next week as the system approaches the Lesser Antilles.
The area of low pressure has a high chance of developing into a cyclone during 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 hiatus 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 on Thursday.
FOX Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross said other disturbances are developing above Africaand more systems are likely to arrive towards mid-August.
This week, experts at Colorado State University slightly lowered their projected 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, saying it is still expected to be extremely active.
The 2024 hurricane season has spawned four named storms, including Hurricane Beryl and Hurricane Debby.
When sustained winds reach at least 39 mph around the center of circulation, the system will be named Ernesto.