The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday increased the odds of two new tropical depressions to form in the Atlantic including one that could hit the Bahamas while also issuing a hurricane warning for the Azores for approaching Hurricane Gabrielle.

As of the NHC’s 2 a.m. tropical outlook, the closest of the systems to Florida was a tropical wave labeled Invest 94L that has been producing stormy conditions across the Caribbean’s Windward and Leeward Islands.

The tropical wave has moved into the northeastern Caribbean Sea moving west-northwest at 15 to 20 mph forecast to dump heavy rains and bring gusty winds into Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands through Wednesday with conditions worsening over the Dominican Republic by Wednesday night.

“The system is then expected to slow down and tur

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