A tropical wave is expected to move off the coast of Africa soon.

Environmental conditions could support some slow development.

The next named storm of the season will be Gabrielle.

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a tropical wave expected to move off the coast of Africa by Friday, Sept. 12.

Conditions could support some development as it moves west or west-northwest across the Atlantic.

The appearance of the wave on the National Hurricane Center's tropical outlook map comes the day after the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season on Sept. 10.

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It was the "first climatological peak of the Atlantic hurricane season in nearly a decade with

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