Tropical Storm Dexter intensified from a low-pressure area off the North Carolina coast, developing into the season's fourth tropical storm. As of Monday, Dexter is located northwest of Bermuda with maximum winds of 45 mph while moving east-northeast. Although it is drifting away, dangerous surf conditions are expected on the East Coast. Two additional systems are being monitored, including a wave near Africa likely to develop further this week, with conditions favorable for development but no immediate threats to land.
Dexter was first designated a tropical storm late Sunday night, after an area of low pressure first formed along a stalled frontal boundary off the Southeast coast between North Carolina's Outer Banks and Bermuda. It then sprouted enough persistent thunderstorms and separated from the front to become the fourth tropical storm of the season. It's not uncommon for tropical systems to develop this way.
While the system appears to be drifting away from the US, meteorologists at The Weather Channel warned that high surf and dangerous rip currents could still impact the East Coast over the next several days.
Experts are particularly watching the tropical wave near Africa, which is expected to organize into a tropical depression or storm by late this week as it moves across the central Atlantic.
Although neither system poses an immediate threat to land, forecasters said conditions are becoming increasingly favorable for development.
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