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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Tropical Depression 6 officially formed in the Atlantic on Saturday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center said.
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Forecasters had been monitoring a disturbance near the Azores for a few days, but by Saturday morning it had begun to take on a more organized shape.
Sitting several hundred miles southwest of the volcanic islands, the storm is not expected to impact land at this point.
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As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. update, Tropical Depression 6 had maximum sustained winds of 35 mph and was slowly moving north at roughly 2 mph.
Forecasters said it’s expected to continue northward for the next 24 to 36 hours before making a turn toward the southwest…