NHC watching two tropical systems

The National Weather Center (NHC) continues to monitor two tropical weather systems in the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 5, including a disturbance expected to develop into a tropical depression by the end of the week. Both systems are expected to move across the Atlantic though it’s too early to tell whether they will make landfall. The NHC said the tropical disturbance was located a couple hundred miles south-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands off the coast of western Africa. The system has become "better organized" since Tuesday, forecasters said; and are giving the disturbance a chance of forming into a tropical depression in about five days. Additionally, NHC forecasters are watching a second system, a tropical wave that is expected to move off the west coast of Africa over the next several days. (Source: NOLA.com 09/05/18)
Meanwhile, Hurricane Florence picked up strength overnight Sept. 5 reaching winds of 120 mph to become the first major hurricane of the Atlantic season, according to the NHC. Meteorologists reported early Wednesday that the storm had become a Category 3 hurricane. The current five-day forecast does not show Florence affecting land.According to the NHC's early morning advisory, Florence was located about 1,440 miles east of Bermuda and was moving at northwest at about 13 mph.