All six named storms that formed this hurricane season have made landfall somewhere, including Francine, which crashed into Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane Wednesday evening.
The next potential named storm — tropical depression 7 — could break that streak. The latest forecast track from the National Hurricane Center keeps would-be Gordon far out to sea, with a slow crawl west for the next few days and a potential curve away from land by early next week.
With Francine now drenching inland states as a tropical depression, the rest of the board looks pretty clear.
As of Wednesday morning, the easternmost disturbance saw its chances of development fall to zero. The disturbance immediately to its west fell to a 20% chance of development in the next few days or week.
“The proximity of dry air near the system is expected to limit additional development over the next couple of days. Environmental conditions are expected to become even less conducive over the weekend while the system moves slowly west-northwestward,” forecasters wrote.
The third disturbance, off the southeast coast, has a 30% chance of strengthening into a tropical depression in the next week. Forecasters expect it to drift north or northwest, away from Florida, if it forms.
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