Tropical Storm Dexter, the fourth named storm of the season, formed Sunday night as two other disturbances move in the Atlantic Ocean, according to the National Hurricane Center. None of the systems pose an immediate threat to Louisiana.

Dexter has maximum sustained winds of 45 mph and is moving east-northeast at 12 mph. The tropical storm is expected to move away from the United States, forecasters said.

Meanwhile, a tropical wave moving off the west coast of Africa could become a depression later this week as it moves west-northwestward across the central tropical Atlantic. The system is currently producing only limited shower activity, forecasters said, and has a 50% chance of forming within the next week.

A broad area of low pressure is also expected to develop in a couple of days

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