The peak of hurricane season is less than 24 hours away but you can't tell by activity in the tropics.
Not that Florida residents are upset about that news. The National Hurricane Center is predicting no tropical cyclone activity for the next seven days.
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The busiest portion of the Atlantic hurricane season runs from mid-August through mid-October, with the peak hitting Sept. 10.
The National Hurricane Center is tracking three tropical waves in the Atlantic basin, which covers the northern Atlantic, Gulf and Caribbean.
In the Pacific, Kiko has weakened into a tropical storm and is expected to pass north of the Hawaiian Islands today and Wednesday, Sept. 10. The storm could bring "potentially producing life-threatening surf and rip currents."
The next named storm in the Atlantic will be Gabrielle.
Here's the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center as of 8 a.m., Sept. 9.
In its two-week forecast for Sept. 3-16, Colorado State University forecasters are predicting activity will pick up over the next couple of weeks.
"Global model ensembles are pretty aggressive with additional tropical cyclone development in days 8 through 14, with potential formations in the eastern Atlantic as well as in the western Caribbean/southern Gulf," the CSU forecast said.
"The primary threat formation area for major hurricanes in early- to mid-September is in the eastern and central tropical Atlantic."
No. The National Hurricane Center is predicting no tropical cyclone activity will occur over the next seven days.
It's too early at this time to determine if there will be any impact to Florida or the U.S. from the tropical waves out there.
Conditions can change rapidly, though, and forecasters warn residents to not become complacent and to always be prepared.
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Invest 91L had a high chance of becoming a tropical depression Sept. 6-7, according to the National Hurricane Center.
AccuWeather forecasters said the invest had a potential of strengthening into Tropical Storm Gabrielle or even a hurricane.
Instead, the system dissipated over the weekend.
"We were tracking that tropical rainstorm and it really looked like it was going to be able to fight through a lot of the dry air and develop," said AccuWeather Lead Hurricane Expert Alex DaSilva.
"What happened was, there was just too much dry air, and it really just choked the storm out before it could get to the islands. The waters were plenty warm, the shear was not that high. The dry air got near the center of circulation and essentially just choked the storm off as it was heading west."
Officials regularly encourage Florida residents to prepare for storms before a hurricane is approaching, while shelves are fully stocked and you aren't battling crowds all rushing to the store at the same time.
"It only takes one storm to make it an impactful year for your community," the National Hurricane Center Miami posted on X.
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The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30.
Ninety-seven percent of tropical cyclone activity occurs during this time period, NOAA said.
The Atlantic basin includes the northern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of America, as the Gulf of Mexico is now known in the U.S. per an order from President Trump. NOAA and the National Hurricane Center are now using Gulf of America on its maps and in its advisories.
The peak of the season is Sept. 10, with the most activity happening between mid-August and mid-October, according to the Hurricane Center.
Here are the names for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, along with how to pronounce them. The first hurricane of the season typically forms Aug. 11.
Systems currently being monitored by the National Hurricane Center include:
Tropical cyclone is the generic term used by the National Weather Service, NOAA and the National Hurricane Center for any tropical system, even if it's in the tropical Atlantic basin.
To be more precise, a tropical cyclone is a "rotating, organized system of clouds and thunderstorms that originates over tropical or subtropical waters and has closed, low-level circulation," NOAA sadi.
Once maximum sustained winds reach 74 mph, what it is called is determined by where it originated:
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