National Hurricane Center updates: Tropical Storm Dexter strengthens; 2 disturbances in the Atlantic
Tropical update: August 6, 2025
FOX 35 meteorologist Laurel Blanchard has the latest conditions in the tropics. The 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season runs thru November 30. Download the FOX Local app for tropical alerts and notifications.
ORLANDO, Fla. - The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring three systems in the Atlantic: Tropical Storm Dexter, and two potential disturbances in the far east Atlantic and near the southeastern United States.
Tropical Storm Dexter
What we know:
Tropical Storm Dexter is strengthening as it moves east-northeastward across the Atlantic, the NHC says.
As of 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Dexter was about 535 miles south-southwest of Cape Race, Newfoundland, moving east-northeast at 15 mph. Its sustained winds have increased to 50 mph.
It's expected to continue strengthening over the next 48 hours before eventually becoming a powerful extratropical cyclone by Friday as it traverses the North Atlantic.
The tropical storm poses no threat to the U.S.
NHC tracking disturbance off Florida's coast
Dig deeper:
A weak area of low pressure has formed from a surface trough several hundred miles off the southeastern coast of the U.S. – east of Florida.
The area is producing limited shower and thunderstorm activity, the NHC says. Development is expected to be slow over the next few days.
The system is forecast to drift northward over the next day or two before then turning northeastward.
Environmental conditions now only appear marginally favorable for tropical development into early next week as the system moves northeastward.
Chances of development are at zero over the next two days and 30% over the next seven days.
Will the disturbance impact Florida?
Local perspective:
FOX 35 Storm Team Meteorologist Brooks Garner said the disturbance will maintain elevated rain chances across Florida, with a significant threat of thunderstorms each day through the weekend.
Second disturbance in Central Tropical Atlantic: Invest 96L
Shower and thunderstorm activity has become a bit more concentrated with a tropical wave in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic designated Invest 96L.
Environmental conditions with the warm water and the low dust and wind shear could lead to gradual development during the next few days. A tropical depression could form late this week or over the weekend as the system moves northwestward across the Atlantic.
The system has a 30% chance of formation over the next 48 hours and a 60% chance over the next seven days.
CSU update
Dig deeper:
Colorado State University (CSU) released the final update to its 2025 Hurricane Season Outlook on Wednesday.
There are no changes in today's update compared to their previous two updates from July and June.
Although it was shifted down slightly compared to the initial forecast put out in April, CSU is still forecasting a slightly above-normal season in the Atlantic basin.
The Source: This story was written based on information shared by the National Hurricane Center, Colorado State University (CSU) and the FOX 35 Storm Team on Aug. 6, 2025.