ORLANDO, Fla. _ While Florida had been on edge to see when and where Tropical Storm Humberto would form, more tropical waves caught the National Hurricane Center's attention.
New overnight is a system that formed in the Gulf of Mexico while another system is located in the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and the Leeward Islands.
The newest, a large area of showers and thunderstorms off the coast of Southwest Florida, looks to be headed west with its five-day path taking it toward Texas, during which time the NHC puts the chances it will form into a tropical depression at 10% in the next 48 hours and also 10% in the next five days.
In the Atlantic, the NHC had been keeping track of three tropical waves, but is now only keeping tabs on one.
Two others that were closest to the Lesser Antilles had dissipated.
The remaining tropical wave has the highest chance of formation is a tropical wave about 750 miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands.
"Gradual development of this system is possible during the next several days, and a tropical depression could form by the middle of next week while it moves westward across the tropical Atlantic," the NHC said.
As of Sunday morning, forecasters put the chances it will form into a tropical depression at 10% in the next 48 hours and 70% in the next five days.
Meanwhile, the closest system to Florida officially became Tropical Storm Humberto late Friday.
The next systems could form into the 10th and 11th tropical depressions of the season.
If they follow suit and also grow into tropical storms, they could take on the names Tropical Storm Imelda, and Tropical Storm Jerry.
