At a Glance

Tropical Depression Ten has formed in the central Atlantic Ocean.It's predicted to become a tropical storm later Tuesday, then a hurricane late this week.This system is likely to approach the northern Leeward Islands late this week.It's too early to determine if this system will eventually affect Bermuda or the mainland U.S.The next named storm in the Atlantic will be called Jerry.

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Tropical Depression Ten has formed in the central Atlantic Ocean and could approach the northern Leeward Islands as a hurricane late this week.

This tropical depression is more than 1,100 miles east-southeast of the Leeward Islands and is tracking west-northwestward across the central tropical Atlantic.

Tropical Depression Ten is predicted to strengthen into a tropical storm later Tuesday, then become a hurricane late this week. The next named storm in the Atlantic will be called Jerry.

It could track near or just north of the northern Leeward Islands on Friday as a hurricane. Any impacts there are uncertain and depend on how close the system tracks to those islands.

Beyond that, it's far too soon to determine if this system will eventually become a threat to the mainland United States or Bermuda.

We're now in , so this active stretch in the Atlantic is not unusual.

As Neal Dorst of NOAA's Hurricane Research Division points out, September is not only in the Atlantic Basin, but is also part of a broad peak of activity in the Eastern Pacific and Western Pacific basins of the Northern Hemisphere.