The storm in the Atlantic is expected to become a depression again on Friday.
Tropical Depression 15, which formed Tuesday morning (Oct. 9) off the coast of Africa, has become Tropical Storm Nadine, with maximum sustained winds of nearly 40 mph, the National Hurricane Center said Tuesday.
At mid-morning, Nadine was about 480 miles southwest of the southernmost Cabo Verde Islands, moving west-northwest at about 9 mph, the Hurricane Center said.
The storm’s direction and forward speed are forecast to remain the same through Friday. Forecasters expect Nadine to strengthen through Wednesday, then weaken to a tropical depression on Friday.
Meanwhile, forecasters are tracking two other systems: Hurricane Michael is expected to make landfall Wednesday on the Florida Panhandle as a Category 3 storm. And Tropical Storm Leslie continues to spin in the Atlantic, forecast to become a hurricane again as it heads east toward Africa.
