The National Hurricane Center increased the two-day odds of tropical development off the east coast to 40 percent overnight as showers and thunderstorms grow around an area of low pressure.
The system is not expected to directly impact the U.S.
Although it is producing wind gusts to near tropical-storm force, satellite imagery is not showing a well defined center.
The system is about 175 miles north-northeast of the Turks and Caicos Islands and moving north.
The budding system, dubbed Invest 92L, could develop into a tropical depression Tuesday, according to Weather Underground’s Category 6 blog.
While hurricane season is winding down, AccuWeather forecasters believe conditions for tropical cyclones will remain favorable for several more weeks.
There have already been 15 named storms this season, which is three more than a typical year. Ten of the storms became hurricanes.
“Since the satellite era began during the early 1960s, 2017 is the only year where there have been 10 consecutive hurricanes in the Atlantic basin,” according to AccuWeather Hurricane Expert Dan Kottlowski.