Storm Alert: Dexter and Two Atlantic Disturbances Signal Ramp-Up

(KHLA - Lake Charles, Louisiana) - A tropical storm has formed in the Atlantic and two other disturbances have a healthy chance of forming into named storms.

Tropical Storm Dexter has formed in the Atlantic closely followed by a disturbance that the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is giving a 30% chance to form in the next seven days and a disturbance in the middle of the ocean that has a 50% chance of formation.

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We reported last week that the 2025 hurricane season was about to start ramping up and Mother Nature said, "hold my beer".

Dexter is the fourth named storm in the Atlantic this season.

The disturbance notated by the yellow circle is expected to make landfall on the East Coast around Georgia later this week.

TS Dexter will continue out to sea and not make landfall on U.S. soil as it will die off eventually in the Atlantic.

Hurricane experts are forecasting a slightly above normal season this year with 16 named storms; eight of those named storms will be hurricanes and three will be major hurricanes.

This Atlantic Hurricane Season has been hampered by large masses of Saharan Dust, strong trade winds, and a cooler than expected water temperatures in the Caribbean.

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Living on the Gulf coast we know that the earlier part of the season is usually nothing to worry about for us. However, our hurricane PTSD starts to kick in around August - October.

The NHC released a graphic that supports our feelings of anxiety at the middle of hurricane season.

You can really see the activity of storms over the past 110 years really ramp up in August heading into September and staying quite active until November.