ORLANDO, Fla. – As of its 8 a.m. advisory, the National Hurricane Center has highlighted a new area of interest right off the immediate east coast of North Carolina for a low potential of tropical development within the next seven days.
This is a response to the same frontal system slowly pushing into our area here in the southeast, upping our rain chances over the course of this upcoming week.
The good news immediately - this will be no threat to Central Florida and is likely to continue on an eastward path away from any major landmass.
Computer models have done some interesting things here off the mid-Atlantic coastline. The general thinking is an area of low pressure is likely to form, especially along the front itself before attempting to detach and become its own area of spin.
That’s what tends to produce the bulk of your homegrown storms, as they’re titled. You can find more wonderful articles on how this happens here on our website if you look around some.
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The next name on the list is Dexter, and we could very well attempt to steal another name off the list before we turn our attention to the tropical Atlantic.
Beyond the first week of August, I think we look out to the deep tropics off the coast of Africa for development. Healthy tropical waves are slated to march through the Atlantic main development region, before attempting to form into something more given conditions are likely to improve.
Stick with News 6 for all your tropical weather information, especially as we start the climb into the peak of our 2025 hurricane season.