The ninth named tropical storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season has formed across the central Caribbean Sea, and is forecast to turn into a hurricane before hitting Florida. If it does, it will be the first major hurricane to impact the state since 2018.

A tropical wave set to move off the west coast of Africa on Friday could develop into a tropical depression when it nears the West Indies later next week, the National Hurricane Center said in a morning update. The agency said it expects the wave to interact with another disturbance over the eastern tropical Atlantic before moving west.

Chances of formation for a tropical wave over the Atlantic, formerly Invest 91L, dissipated on Sept. 6, according to the National Hurricane Center. The hurricane center is now tracking two tropical waves over the central Atlantic and western Caribbean.

Storm Team 10 continues to monitor a weak tropical wave that has reached the Caribbean Sea. The National Hurricane Center has lowered the formation possibility to 0% as the disturbance moves due west. Regardless of development, this wave will continues a ...

Update: As of 5 p.m., Hurricane Humberto has strengthened into a Category 5. Meanwhile, Tropical Depression Nine is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm Saturday night or early Sunday. Heavy rains continue over portions of eastern Cuba and the Bahamas.

Tropical Storm Fernand and growing system in the Atlantic Ocean, Sunday, 7:39 a.m. National Hurricane Center The bigger storm looks like the smaller potential problem in the National Hurricane Center’s Atlantic Ocean weather system update Sunday evening.

As the Atlantic hurricane season nears its statistical peak on Sept. 10, forecasters are keeping a close eye on a tropical wave thousands of miles from the U.S. coastline. The National Hurricane Center now gives the system a 90% chance of development over ...

Tropical Storm Fernand is a little stronger but still disorganized in the Central Atlantic. It should lose tropical characteristics tonight or tomorrow as it heads into the colder water and harsh jet stream current in the north Atlantic. Elsewhere, there ...