ORLANDO, Fla. -- Potential Tropical Cyclone Six has formed in the extreme eastern Atlantic, as tropical storm warnings have been issued for the southern Cabo Verde Islands. Potential Tropical Cyclone Six — located about 215 miles east-southeast of the southernmost Cabo Verde Islands in the eastern Atlantic Ocean — is expected to become a tropical storm Friday and a hurricane by the middle of next week, according to a National Hurricane Center advisory at 5 a.m. Friday. The potential cyclone, which would be named Florence if it develops, could become a tropical depression or tropical storm any time today or Friday, according to the National Hurricane Center. There is a low chance of tropical development over the next five days as is spreads west-northwestward into the Gulf of Mexico.
The National Hurricane Center issues advisories for what forecasters call a Potential Tropical Cyclone Six. If it strengthens to a tropical storm, it would be known as Florence.