Updated at 8 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025
A cold front is pushing south and will lodge over Florida for the next week. The accompanying unusually strong dip in the jet stream that's driving the front south will also steer any developing storms to the north, well offshore of the U.S. East Coast.
There's some indication that an area of low pressure might try to form along the old front in a week or so, so we'll keep an eye out for that. Also, disturbances are forecast to move off Africa, as you would expect this time of year, but between the dry air and the hostile weather pattern, none are expected to be threatening for the next week at least.
Most likely, significant development won't restart until the second week or maybe the middle of September.
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