At a Glance

A disturbance in the western Caribbean Sea will develop today.It will move into the Gulf of Mexico as a tropical storm by Tuesday.Its future is unclear, but heavy rain is possible in South Florida and the western Caribbean.

A tropical disturbance in the western Caribbean Sea will develop into the next depression or tropical storm and head into the Gulf of Mexico next week in the latest chapter of a busy 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.

This disturbance has been upgraded to Tropical Depression Twenty-Eight. For the latest on T.D. 28,

Season Status

As mentioned earlier, the next Atlantic Basin tropical storm will be named Zeta.

We've used 26 storm names this season, including several from the overflow Greek alphabet, which is being used for additional named storms for only the second time.

The used up the first six letters of the Greek alphabet, but it took until the end of December for Zeta to form that year.

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Greek names used in the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season through Epsilon. Names grayed out were not used in the record 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.

One unnamed subtropical storm was found in post-analysis of the 2005 season, thus bringing that season's record total to 28 storms.

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