Tropical Storm Dexter formed on Sunday night, Aug. 3, becoming the fourth named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season.
The National Hurricane Center said in an advisory early Monday, Aug. 4, the storm was located about 255 miles northwest of Bermuda with maximum sustained winds near 45 mph with higher gusts.
Will it hit North Carolina?
While Dexter formed off the coast of North Carolina, it will have little impact on the state.
"Some slight strengthening is forecast during the next couple of days," according to hurricane center forecasters, and Dexter is likely to become post-tropical by Wednesday.
The hurricane center says the storm is moving toward the east-northeast away from the East Coast, and that movement is expected through early Tuesday, followed by a slower motion Tuesday and Wednesday.
It is forecast to move away from the U.S. coast and stay north of Bermuda, where it will dissipate in the open Atlantic. There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect and no hazards to land are expected.
NHC also monitoring 2 other systems
The hurricane center is also tracking two other systems in the Atlantic with low to medium chances of development.
A tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa on Monday afternoon, Aug. 4, with the possibility of some gradual development into a tropical depression later this week as it moves generally west-northwestward across the central tropical Atlantic. NHC forecasters have given the system a 50% chance of formation through the next seven days.
Additionally, a broad area of low pressure is forecast to form in a couple of days a few hundred miles off the coast of the southeastern United States. While some gradual development of this system is possible during the middle or latter part of the week, forecasters give the system a 30% chance of formation through the next seven days.
Tropical Storm Dexter path tracker
This forecast track shows the most likely path of the center of the storm. It does not illustrate the full width of the storm or its impacts, and the center of the storm is likely to travel outside the cone up to 33% of the time.
Tropical Storm Dexter spaghetti models
This forecast track shows the most likely path of the center of the storm. It does not illustrate the full width of the storm or its impacts, and the center of the storm is likely to travel outside the cone up to 33% of the time.
This article originally appeared on Asheville Citizen Times: Tropical Storm Dexter forms off NC coast. Will it bring rain?
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