MIDWAY, Fla. (WTXL) -- Hurricane Cristobal has highest sustained winds of 80 mph Wednesday afternoon, located just over 400 miles west of Bermuda and about 300 miles southeast of the North Carolina Outer Banks. Cristobal is tracking north at 12 mph and will safely miss any nearby land masses as it maintains a north or northeast course of movement over the next few days. Cristobal will enter colder North Atlantic waters and transition out of its current tropical stage.
A blob of moisture just off the upper Texas coast has limited opportunity to form into a tropical depression. The system was investigated by reconnaissance aircraft Wednesday and did not find a clearly identifiable central low-pressure circulation. Rain and thunderstorms are likely for the western Gulf region.
A third disturbance, just east of the Lesser Antilles, has been battling a dry air mass surrounding it, which will hinder its chances to further develop in the next few days.
New disturbances emerging from western Africa may enter the far eastern Atlantic over the next week, providing some long-range opportunity for new development during this typically more-active part of the Atlantic hurricane season.
