ORLANDO, Fla. — After weeks of no tropical depressions or storms, the Atlantic finally saw the emergence of Tropical Depression Five, according to the National Hurricane Center.
As of 5 a.m., TD 5 was located about 975 miles west of the Azores with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph moving east-northeast at 2 mph. Deep in the mid-Atlantic, the system is no current threat to land but is forecast to develop into a tropical storm by the end of the day and what could be the season’s first hurricane before the end of the weekend.
Meteorologists are tracking two more weather systems with chances of becoming tropical depressions or storms in the next two to five days, according to the 8 a.m. Thursday outlook.
