We’re watching a tropical disturbance in the Atlantic this week, which could become the season’s fourth tropical storm if it strengthens. On Wednesday morning, the National Hurricane Center was giving it a 70 percent probability of becoming a tropical depression or a tropical storm by the end of the week as it tracks west-northwest. It is now predicting 15 named storms, eight of which the department believes will become hurricanes. This is higher than normal — the average per season is 12 named storms and six hurricanes. No model is forecasting this to become much more than a minimal tropical storm.

Source: Washington Post July 05, 2017 17:01 UTC