AccuWeather forecasts 1-3 more named storms. Could Tropical Storm Patty form this weekend?

Brandi D. Addison, USA TODAY NETWORK
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As we enter the final month of hurricane season, AccuWeather forecasts one to three more named storms this year.

However, AccuWeather also warns that tropical development may extend beyond November with a potential for activity in December, which hasn’t occurred since Tropical Storm Olga formed in December 2007.

"We've been saying it since the very beginning of the hurricane season, even way back before when we made our initial forecast out in March, that we thought the end of the hurricane season could get quite active [in November]," AccuWeather Lead Hurricane Expert Alex DaSilva said. "We still think that right now."

Currently, the National Hurricane Center is monitoring a tropical depression in the southwestern Caribbean Sea that could strengthen into a tropical storm over the coming week.

Could Tropical Storm Patty be on the horizon?

Tropical Storm Patty? Tropical system has 50% chance of formation

A broad low-pressure area is expected to form over the southwestern Caribbean Sea in the coming days. Gradual development is possible afterward, with the potential for a tropical depression to form by the weekend or early next week as the system drifts generally northward or northwestward over the central or western Caribbean Sea.

  • Formation chance in the next 7 days: Medium, 50%

  • Formation chance in the next 48 hours: Low, near 0%.

It is still unclear if the system will have any impact on Texas, either directly or indirectly.

AccuWeather has revised its tropical scenarios for what could potentially be Tropical Storm Patty.
AccuWeather has revised its tropical scenarios for what could potentially be Tropical Storm Patty.

How many storms have been recorded in the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season?

Early-season forecasts had warned of an especially active season, predicting 17 to 24 named storms, with eight to 13 potentially becoming hurricanes.

So far, the 2024 season has produced 15 named storms, 10 of which developed into hurricanes, including four major hurricanes at Category 3 or greater.

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When is the Atlantic hurricane season?

Hurricane season is June 1 through Nov. 30.

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: NHC hurricane tracker: Could Tropical Storm Patty form this weekend?