Atlantic Hurricane Season Remains Active With Multiple Areas To Watch

 Jonathan Belles

Published: September 18, 2023

Atlantic hurricane season will remain active this week with an area to watch near the Southeast coast, Hurricane Nigel in the central Atlantic and a new tropical wave emerging from Africa.

L​ow pressure forming off of Southeast coast will be watched later this week: Forecast models are in general agreement that a non-tropical low-pressure system will develop off the coast of the Carolinas or Georgia during the second half of this week.

T​he National Hurricane Center says there is a chance this future low could acquire some subtropical characteristics. That means there is at least a low possibility it could become a depression or named storm.

(​MORE: Subtropical Depressions And Storms Explained)

Regardless, the low could enhance rain, wind and high surf along parts of the Southeast and mid-Atlantic coasts late this week into the weekend. Details at this time are still uncertain, however.

Tropical Outlook For the Next Seven Days

Tracking Nigel and a new Atlantic tropical wave: Hurricane Nigel in the central Atlantic is no threat to land and will curl north and then northeast away from Bermuda this week.

T​he National Hurricane Center also has its eyes on a tropical wave that will move off the African coast by Wednesday. A tropical depression is likely to form from this area of disturbed weather once it moves across the central and eastern Atlantic.

I​t's too early to determine exactly where this system might track through the long-term future.

T​he African tropical wave train generally becomes less active as we move into late September and October, and we'll need to begin looking closer to the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic for tropical development for the remainder of the season.

H​urricane season continues through the end of November and several additional tropical systems are expected over the next 10 weeks.

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