Tropical Storm Andrea now expected to form in central Atlantic on Tuesday
The National Hurricane Center currently gives Invest 90L a 70% chance of developing into a short-lived tropical storm.
Invest 90L has limited time to develop in central Atlantic
Invest 90L remains a weak low in the central subtropical Atlantic hundreds of miles east of Bermuda, it has a limited amount of time to develop before encountering hostile conditions later Tuesday.
UPDATE: The National Hurricane Center named Tropical Storm Andrea in the central Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday morning. Continue to follow updates on the track and forecast for this system here.
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Tropical Storm Andrea is now expected to form in the central Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday, though it is expected to be "short-lived," according to a special outlook issued by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) Tuesday morning.
A broad area of showers and thunderstorms associated with an area of low pressure some 900 miles east-northeast of Bermuda is being tracked by the NHC as Invest 90L.
An invest is a naming convention used by the NHC to identify areas it is investigating for possible development into a tropical depression or tropical storm within the next seven days.
According to the NHC, thunderstorms within Invest 90L have become better organized as of Tuesday morning.
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"This system will likely become a short-lived tropical storm later today before more hostile environmental conditions end its opportunity for development by this evening," the NHC wrote in its latest outlook.
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The NHC currently gives Invest 90L a 70% chance of development.
The first three weeks of the Atlantic hurricane season were void of any tropical threats.
NOAA satellite images show an area to watch in the Atlantic Ocean on June 23, 2025.
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Regardless of development, this system will not threaten any land areas as it moves northeastward at about 15-20 mph across the open waters of the central Atlantic.
In an average season, the first named storm in the Atlantic forms around June 20.
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.