The National Hurricane Center said Saturday that it is keeping an eye on a tropical depression that could become a tropical storm as it moves over the Atlantic Ocean in the next week.
A system is expected to move off the coast of Africa during the next week.
There is a 20% chance that a tropical wave will form off the coast of Africa in the next five days, but there is a belief that a tropical storm could form in the longer term.
The National Hurricane Center has not commented on this system since July 13, when it was watching a group of storms in the northern Gulf of Mexico that did not form into a larger storm.
There has been no hurricanes this season and there has not been a tropical storm since July 3, but two prominent forecasts were released this week predicting the next season will be one of the most active in history.
According to the Colorado State University forecast, there will be 18 named storms, 8 hurricanes and 4 major hurricanes.
Three tropical storms have formed since the start of the season.
Hurricane season usually ramps up in August as it approaches its historical September 10 peak, with threats often continuing throughout October before the season ends in November.
There was a lull of more than a month without a named storm between July 9 and August 10 last year. Between August 10 and September 29 there were fifteen named storms. The main reason for the steep expectations was due to a La Nia climate pattern. The La Nia weather pattern causes warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures and low wind shear across the Atlantic basin.
There was a significant increase in the number of people According to Colorado State, there is a chance of a major storm hitting the US coastline this year. Based on data over the past century, that is much higher.
Forecasters say there could be a big increase in the activity of hurricanes in the coming weeks.
Government forecasters say the season is about to get worse.
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