Tropical Storm Dexter forms in the Atlantic. Is it expected to make landfall in US?
A low pressure system, dubbed as AL95, developed into Tropical Storm Dexter over the western Atlantic late on Aug. 3, forecasters said.

Tropical Storm Dexter is battling shearing winds as it moves northeastward in the Atlantic Ocean and away from the United States. There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect and no hazards to land are expected.
Dexter's maximum sustained winds were 45 mph at 11 a.m. on Aug. 4, and it was moving to the northeast at about 14 mph, according to a forecast written by Philippe Papin, a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center. Its winds are only expected to strengthen by 5 mph because of the wind conditions and dry air it's encountering.
Dexter became a tropical storm on the night of Aug. 3, forming from a disturbance along a frontal boundary off the coast of North Carolina. On the morning of Aug. 4, it was about 250 miles northwest of Bermuda and expected to stay to the north of Bermuda.
By Aug. 5, Dexter is forecast to encounter "increasingly hostile" conditions over the Atlantic. By Aug. 8, it could become a remnant system or interact with a nearby upper-level trough, the hurricane center said.
Dexter is the fourth named storm of the 2025 hurricane season in the Atlantic. The average date of the fourth-named storm is Aug. 3, according to Philip Klotzbach, a senior research scientist at Colorado State University. The average date of the first hurricane in the Atlantic is Aug. 15.
Hurricane forecasters were monitoring two other potential systems in the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 4, including a tropical wave moving off the west coast of Africa and a broad area of disturbed weather a few hundred miles off the southeastern United States.
The system off the Southeast is drifting slowly westward and has about a 30% chance of becoming a tropical storm later in the week, the hurricane center said. National Weather Service offices in Charleston, South Carolina, and Jacksonville, Florida, are closely monitoring the forecast.
The Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30, had a quiet start in 2025: June and July showed minimal activity. But hurricane specialists say the tropics are heating up and conditions are becoming more favorable for tropical systems.
The uptick in activity comes after Tropical Storm Gil briefly became a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean on Aug. 1 before weakening again into a tropical storm, according to the hurricane center.
Forecasters previously predicted 'above-normal' hurricane activity for 2025
In May, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecasters predicted "above-normal" hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin for the 2025 season.
The agency forecast 13 to 19 named storms with winds 39 mph or higher. Of those storms, six to 10 are predicted to become hurricanes with winds 74 mph or higher, including the potential of three to five major hurricanes.
“As we witnessed last year with significant inland flooding from hurricanes Helene and Debby, the impacts of hurricanes can reach far beyond coastal communities," Laura Grimm, chief of staff for the NOAA, said in a statement.
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Contributing: Jennifer Sangalang, Paste BN NETWORK - Florida