In addition to Tropical Storm Dexter — which formed off the North Carolina coast but is tracking east and expected to dissipate over the open Atlantic — the National Hurricane Center is monitoring several other tropical disturbances in the coming days.
In an advisory posted at 5 a.m. ET on Tuesday, Aug. 5, the NHC said Dexter was located about 345 miles north of Bermuda with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph with higher gusts. Little change in strength is expected for the next day or so, hurricane center forecasters said.
The storm, which marks the fourth of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, does not pose any hazards to land.
NHC monitors other disturbances: Will any impact North Carolina?
Elsewhere in the Atlantic, a tropical wave over the far eastern tropical basin is producing minimal shower activity but has a 50% chance of gradually developing into a tropical depression later this week. While the system also has a 50% chance of forming into a named storm or hurricane within the next seven days, it remains thousands of miles from the U.S., and it's too early to tell whether it will develop at all.
Closer to home, a broad area of low pressure is expected to form a few hundred miles off the southeastern U.S. coast in the next couple of days. Forecasters give it a 10% chance of development within 48 hours and a 40% chance over the next week, according to the Aug. 5 advisory.
In the Gulf of Mexico — which President Donald Trump renamed the Gulf of America through an executive order earlier this year — a surface trough is producing scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. While a stationary front stretching from the Florida Panhandle to Southeast Texas could bring occasional showers to offshore waters, the system is expected to remain weak and gradually dissipate by midweek. The disturbance will likely have little impact to the state.
Several inches of rain expected this week
Regardless of development of the disturbance off the Atlantic, several inches of rain of rain is expected in parts of the East Coast. Coastal South Carolina is forecast to see the heaviest rainfall, with up to 7 inches possible by Tuesday, Aug. 12.
The bulk of that rain — between 3 to 5 inches — is expected to fall over the weekend, from Friday, Aug. 8, through Sunday, Aug. 10.
When is hurricane season?
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30. So far, it’s right on pace in terms of the number of named storms.
Although it may feel slower — especially compared to last year, when Hurricane Beryl became one of the earliest Category 5 storms on record in early July — the 2025 season is actually running above average for named storms.
Activity typically ramps up in August. On average, the first hurricane forms around Aug. 11, with the fourth named storm arriving by Aug. 15.
Tropical Storm Dexter tracker
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 Wilmington StarNews: NHC eyes several tropical disturbances. Will any impact North Carolina?
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