As Hurricane Gabrielle churns in the open Atlantic, forecasters are watching two tropical waves that could soon develop – signs the slow hurricane season is beginning to heat up.
The more organized of the two waves was located in the central Atlantic and was producing thunderstorms southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. Forecasters say it could form into a tropical depression by the middle or later half of the week as it moves westward.
The other disturbance was located 400 miles east of the Leeward Islands, according to the National Hurricane Center. The wave could develop into a tropical depression as it approaches the Bahamas later this week.
The heightened storm activity comes during what has been a quiet 2025 Atlantic hurricane season.
So far, there have been two hurricanes since the season began on June 1, including Gabrielle and Hurricane Erin, which stayed hundreds of miles from the U.S. coast in August but still produced deadly rip currents and flooded portions of North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
