A storm is brewing in the Atlantic and could be the first to impact the US this season

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A storm is brewing in the Atlantic and could be the first to impact the US this season

Forecasters are watching

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this week – just two days into the start of this year’s hurricane season.

A non-tropical

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is forecast to form near the southeastern U.S. coast over the course of the next couple of days.

“The low could gradually acquire subtropical or tropical characteristics later this week if it remains offshore,” the National Hurricane Center cautioned in a

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on the social media platform X. Hurricane Hunters have

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to investigate the system on Thursday.

Yet, as of right now, environmental conditions appear only marginally conducive for the low to develop some subtropical or tropical characteristics later this week, if it forms or moves offshore.

“As the disturbance tracks north-northeast, it has a 10 percent chance of developing tropical characteristics if the circulation can remain over the Atlantic,” according to

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Forecasters are watching a storm brewing over the Atlantic this week. The first named storm of the year will be called Andrea. Last year’s first named storm, Alberto, flooded a community in coastal Texas (Getty Images)

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and out over the ocean by late Friday or Saturday.

If it forms, it could be the first tropical storm to hit the U.S. this season. The first named storm will be called Andrea. Last year, the first storm was

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, which formed on June 19 and flooded the coastal community of Surfside Beach, Texas. It was soon followed by Category 5 Hurricane Beryl: the earliest-forming Category 5 on record in the Atlantic. Powered by climate change-charged ocean waters, this hurricane season is

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, according to officials.

“In terms of tropical development of this feature along the southeastern U.S. Atlantic coast, water temperatures right along the coast are still below that critical 80-degree Fahrenheit threshold,” AccuWeather Lead Hurricane Expert Alex DaSilva said in a

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. “Waters are warmer over the Gulf stream, but that is well off the coast at this time. So if this can try to develop later this week, it would probably be over that Gulf Stream and not along the immediate coast.”

Regardless, there may be some impacts for cities along the East Coast, including

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and flash flooding due to heavy downpours.

AccuWeather says it has also identified

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in the western Caribbean and eastern Gulf starting next week.

“This [area] will be moving slowly through the zone from the western Caribbean and eastern Gulf around the same time when a surge of moisture may develop,” AccuWeather Tropical Meteorologist Alex Duffus said. “For these reasons and a drop in disruptive winds in the region, we are issuing a chance for tropical development.”

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