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Tropics update: Here’s what’s really going on in the busy Atlantic basin

Atlantic active, but its bark remains worse than its bite

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ORLANDO, Fla. – The Atlantic hurricane season bursted onto the scene over the weekend with three named storms. A fourth, Harold, was named early Tuesday morning. Thankfully, the Atlantic basin largely remains unfavorable for development.

Two of those storms have already dissipated. While both Emily and Gert met the requirements to be named, they were always expected to be short-lived.

Emily in the Central Atlantic already became a remnant low in the Central Atlantic. Its remnants, however, could redevelop as drifts into the north Atlantic over the next several days.

Gert barely became a tropical storm late Sunday and has also become a remnant low as of Tuesday morning. It continues to drift around the northeast Caribbean.

Franklin will bring the potential for life-threatening flash floods in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

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Franklin is forecast to become a hurricane as it meanders in the southwest Atlantic.

Tropical Storm Harold made landfall in Texas on Tuesday morning. The rain will be beneficial for parts of South Texas, but isolated flash flooding is possible. Thankfully, Harold did not spend more time over the extremely warm Gulf of Mexico water as the storm was strengthening up until landfall.

Another tropical wave near Africa has had its development chances lowered by the National Hurricane Center. Still, gradual development of this system remains possible as it moves across the Atlantic. A tropical depression could form later this week.


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Jonathan Kegges joined the News 6 team in June 2019 and now covers weather on TV and all digital platforms.