ORLANDO, Fla. — The tropics have been unusually quiet this month, but forecasters are keeping an eye on two areas of low pressure as we get closer to the peak of hurricane season.
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two areas in the Atlantic, though neither poses an immediate major concern.
The first area is in the central Atlantic, just a few hundred miles from Bermuda.
The system has a 20% chance of development over the next seven days as it slowly drifts west-northwest.
The second area is much farther east, in the northeastern Atlantic near Europe.
An area of low pressure is developing along a frontal boundary and could break away from the front and take on some subtropical characteristics this weekend.
Portugal and Spain will be watching this system closely, although it also has a 20% chance of development over the next seven days.
For now, neither system is expected to become a significant tropical threat.
However, the increased activity comes as the Atlantic hurricane season approaches its climatological peak, when conditions are typically more favorable for tropical development.
Forecasters will continue to monitor both areas and provide updates if either system becomes more organized.
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