Melissa is expected to significantly strengthen by late Friday and over the weekend, when the storm could become a hurricane as early as Saturday.

The Caribbean Sea has been void of storms this season. That may change this week with Invest 98L likely to develop.

Hurricane forecasters highlighted two new disturbances in the Atlantic Ocean Thursday morning, including a potential area of low pressure that could bring rain to the Gulf Coast. The low-pressure system could form in the next couple of days near southern Florida, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami said at 7 a.m. Thursday.

The National Hurricane Center is tracking Tropical Storm Jerry and a trough of low pressure, along with three tropical waves.

The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a record-shattering season, and among the frenzy of storms, Hurricane Wilma topped them all.

The Gulf has been unusually quiet this hurricane season, leaving many people wondering how that’s even possible.

Hurricane Maria in 2017 leads the list of hurricanes that had the highest wind speeds when making landfall, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Hurricane season annually keeps millions on their toes from August to November and while the climatological peak of hurricane season is beyond us at this point, residents living along the East and Gulf coasts of the U.