Things are heating up in the tropics as hurricane forecasters are currently monitoring two named storms and two other areas for possible development.
NOAA forecasters say August through October is when about 90% of all tropical storm activity takes place in the Atlantic.
Tropical Storm Franklin and Tropical Storm Emily both formed on Sunday, and Tropical Storm Gert formed early Monday morning. Early Tuesday morning, Tropical Storm Harold formed off the coast of south Texas.
Emily weakened to a remnant low on Monday morning. Gert became a post-tropical remnant low on Tuesday morning.
Franklin is forecast to impact Hispanola with heavy rains over the next couple of days, with a tropical storm warning currently in effect.
Harold made landfall on Padre Island, Texas, around 11 a.m. ET on Tuesday. It weakened to a depression early Wednesday morning.
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While hurricane forecasters monitor the named systems, there are two areas forecasters are watching for possible development — one of which is the remnants of Tropical Storm Emily.
Forecasters said the remnants of Emily could re-develop later this week or this weekend. Formation chances are currently at 40% over the next two days and 60% over the next seven days.
The other area forecasters are watching in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic could become a tropical depression later this week. Formation chances are low, at 10% over the next two days, and medium, at 40% over the next seven days.
