The sixth named tropical system of the 2025 hurricane season developed on Saturday, August 23. Fernand is a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. It is moving north away from the eastern Caribbean. The forecast shows that it will continue its northward track, staying over 1000 miles east of Florida. It will move relatively slowly, staying below 60 mph, remaining a tropical storm during its entire lifetime.
Fernand is expected to become an extra-tropical system by Tuesday night, as it moves into the cooler waters of the northern Atlantic. Fernand does not represent a threat to land, staying as a fish storm.
Another disturbance
A tropical wave located about 500 miles east of the Lesser Antilles continues to move west. It has a medium chance to develop as it approaches the Caribbean and moves over the eastern Caribbean.
It is and will continue to battle dry air. We will continue to monitor. At this time, it is too early to tell if a system will form in the next week, and it is impossible to know if or when it could threaten land.