The National Hurricane Center is monitoring Tropical Storm Philippe, the 17th named system of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, and two other systems poised for potential development in the coming days.
Philippe is forecast to remain at tropical storm strength through the end of the week as it moves northwest, according to the National Hurricane Center. The system maintained maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, the agency said Sunday evening.
Meanwhile, two systems — one in the Gulf of Mexico and another off the west coast of Africa — are being monitored for development.
Hurricane forecasters said the first system, a group of disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, has a low chance of formation over the next week.
The National Hurricane Center said development, if any, would be slow as it moves westward. The agency gives a 10% chance of development over the next two days and an equal chance across the next seven days.
A separate system located a few hundred miles off the coast of Africa is producing disorganized showers, according to the National Hurricane Center. The chances for this system to form are far higher.
Forecasters said environmental conditions in front of the area of low pressure are conducive to development as it moves west-northwestward over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean. There is a 20% chance the system becomes at least a tropical depression over the next 48 hours and a 60% over the next seven days.
Federal forecasters in early August raised their predictions of the number of named storms and hurricanes expected to develop in the Atlantic Ocean, citing record-warm ocean temperatures that are providing fuel for systems to strengthen.
The increase in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) projections mirror changes made by other lead forecasting groups, including AccuWeather and Colorado State University.
Typically, 14 named storms form in the Atlantic Ocean annually, according to long-term…
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