Hurricane center ups odds for system near Bahamas, tracks 1 other as Tammy fizzles
Satellite data illustrates the heat signature of Hurricane Maria above warm surface water in 2017. NASA

The National Hurricane Center increased the chances a system near the Bahamas could form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm while also tracking a system in the Caribbean and issuing its final advisory on what had been Tropical Storm Tammy. The area of low pressure now located in the southwestern Atlantic moved north after dropping rain over the eastern Caribbean islands this weekend and is now located a couple hundred miles east of the southeastern Bahamas showing more signs of organization. “A short-lived tropical depression or storm is likely to form later today or tonight w...