While an area of ​​low pressure is expected to develop over the next two days, Hurricane Kirk intensifies into a Category 4 storm in the Atlantic Ocean with maximum sustained winds of nearly 140 miles per hour.

Hurricane activity has increased after a brief lull in August, with three named storms forming since Helene’s landfall, causing at least 128 deaths and hundreds still missing.

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Here’s what we know about possible tropical disturbances.

NHC tracks tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico with a 50% chance of formation

According to the NHC PM weather advisory, a broad area of ​​low pressure is expected to develop from this system over the southwestern or south-central Gulf of Mexico over the next two days, and further subsequent development is possible as the low pressure area moves slowly towards the east. or northeastward. A tropical or subtropical depression or storm could form early to mid next week if the low remains separated from a frontal boundary expected to extend across the Gulf of Mexico next week.