Overview

• Tropical Storm Dexter formed on August 3 about 255 miles northwest of Bermuda with maximum sustained winds near 45 mph and tropical-storm-force winds extending about 115 miles from its center.
• The National Hurricane Center projects Dexter to move east-northeast, strengthen slightly over the next two days, and transition to a post-tropical system by midweek without posing a land threat.
• A tropical wave moving off West Africa has a 50% chance of developing into a tropical depression or storm within seven days as it tracks west-northwest across the Atlantic.
• A broad area of low pressure expected to form off the southeastern U.S. coast carries a 30% development chance over the next week and could drift west-northwest toward the Georgia and Carolina coasts.
• May’s NOAA outlook forecast 13–19 named storms including 6–10 hurricanes and 3–5 major hurricanes, and rising sea surface temperatures with easing wind shear are triggering an early-August uptick in activity.