Tropical Storm Fernand has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and three other disturbances are spotted as the center of Hurricane Dorian finally begins to move away from the Bahamas and towards the US mainland.
Fernand has prompted a tropical storm warning for Mexico’s northeast coast.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) says slow strengthening is expected before the storm moves inland.
Fernand, the sixth named storm in the Atlantic, is located about 185 miles east north-east of Tampico, Mexico, packing maximum sustained winds of 40mph.
‘A motion toward the west-northwest is forecast tonight and Wednesday. This motion could bring the center of Fernand near or over the coast of northeastern Mexico late Wednesday,’ the NHC said Tuesday.
Forecasters also said that ‘the entire tropical Atlantic basin has become quite active’.
‘There are currently 3 disturbances being monitored for potential development, with another tropical wave expected to move off the African coast later this week,’ the National Weather Service tweeted.
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