Gradual strengthening is forecast over the next several days, Papin said. Erin could eventually become the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season, though Papin explained the timing of the intensity is uncertain and depends on other environmental factors.

AccuWeather hurricane experts are predicting three to five named storms will form across the Atlantic basin throughout August as conditions become prime for tropical development.

Tropical Storm Dexter, the fourth named storm of the 2025 hurricane season, was a bit weaker Tuesday morning as forecasters continue to track it and two other disturbances in the Atlantic Ocean, according to the National Hurricane Center. None of the systems pose an immediate threat to Louisiana.

A disturbance dubbed Invest 93L could become Tropical Storm Dexter as it tracks west from Florida toward Louisiana.

The chances of invest 93L—a disturbance over the Gulf Coast with the potential to become Tropical Storm Dexter—developing into a cyclone have fallen, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).