Almost three weeks after the start of hurricane season, there is a system in the tropics.
According to the Friday, June 19, 2026, weather advisory from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, showers and thunderstorms associated with a trough of low pressure (the remnants of what was briefly Tropical Storm Arthur) were located over the southeastern U.S., but formation during the next 7 days was low.
Arthur, the first named storm of the hurricane season, briefly strengthened into tropical storm status Wednesday, June 17, 2026. The hurricane center has since downgraded it and refers to it as “disturbance 1” online.
This month marks the beginning of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season.
In 2025, no storms made landfall in the U.S. during hurricane season, but it was an active one.
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The hurricane center graphics and live weather radars below show what’s swirling in the tropics (if anything) as well as the conditions for potential rain, flash flood and other warnings.
Atlantic hurricane season is from June 1 to Nov. 30 every year, with the most activity between August and October. Should a weather system develop into a tropical storm, the second system would be named Arthur, which tops the list of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season names (see below).
The hurricane center resumed its tropics advisories more than a month ago, on May 15.
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Keep reading for information about tropical storm activity for Friday, June 19, 2026.
National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, forecast on tropical activity: Is there a tropical storm or hurricane now?
According to the Friday, June 19, 2026, tropical outlook from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, there is one active system churning off the East Coast. The graphic above automatically updates with the most recent location for any or all disturbances.
The Atlantic basin consists of the northern Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of America. NOAA changed its naming convention for the Gulf of Mexico after the U.S. Geological Survey changed the name on U.S. maps per President Trump’s order.
The Friday, June 19, tropical weather discussion from the National Hurricane Center states:
Offshore the East Coast of the United States (remnants of Arthur): Showers and thunderstorms associated with a trough of low pressure (the remnants of Arthur) were located over the southeastern U.S. The system was expected to emerge offshore the east coast of the U.S. later today. Environmental conditions appear to be marginally conducive for some subtropical or tropical development tonight or Saturday as the system moves northeastward at around 20 mph across the western Atlantic Ocean.
Regardless of development, heavy rainfall with the potential for life-threatening flash flooding is likely across portions of the Southeast United States through tonight.
In addition, the National Hurricane Center was tracking these tropical waves on Friday, June 19, 2026:
The USA TODAY Network in Florida will produce daily tropics watch advisories.
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What are the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season names? Did your name make the hurricane season names list?
Since 1953, the National Hurricane Center has released a list of names in alphabetical order for Atlantic tropical storms before each season begins, which it recycles every six years. It retires names of storms that are excessively deadly or costly, if it would be insensitive or inappropriate to use them again. These are the 2026 Atlantic tropical cyclone names:
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Contributing: Cheryl McCloud and Olivia Franklin, USA TODAY Network-Florida
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: Hurricane center in Florida tracking remnants of Arthur
Reporting by Jennifer Sangalang, USA TODAY NETWORK – Florida / Tallahassee Democrat
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