National Hurricane Center forecasters are monitoring a trio of systems including Tropical Storm Phillippe, a system off Africa could become a tropical depression by midweek and a low-pressure

National Hurricane Center forecasters are monitoring a trio of systems including Tropical Storm Philippe, a system off Africa could become a tropical depression by midweek and a low-pressure system that emerged Sunday afternoon in the Gulf of Mexico.

While Tropical Storm Philippe and a disturbance mosey about the Atlantic Ocean, another disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico exists, but is unlikely to become much more than it is. Here’s the latest from the National Hurricane Center on the three weather systems.

On Saturday, the National Hurricane Center said Tropical Depression 17 strengthened into Tropical Storm Philippe. The storm is located about 1,175 miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands and had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. Philippe is currently moving west at 12 mph.

The National Hurricane Center continues to track the season’s 16th named storm in Tropical Storm Philippe while keeping tabs on another system with a chance to become the season’s 17th.

An area of low pressure in the Gulf of Mexico that hurricane forecasters were tracking Monday had dissipated by Tuesday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As the remnants of Tropical Storm Ophelia slowly dissipated Tuesday, hurricane forecasters were keeping watch on Tropical Storm Philippe and one other system in the Atlantic basin. Fortunately,

After forming on Saturday in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Philippe is forecast to remain out at sea before passing by the east of Bermuda this coming Friday. There are no coastal watches or warnings currently in effect.

Tropical Storm Philippe's track has shifted much farther to the west, and the system could bring some effects to the islands of the northern Caribbean by this weekend, AccuWeather meteorologists say.

Here’s what’s known about Philippe and the trailing tropical wave as of Tuesday’s updates. Puerto Rico is in the projected possible path of Tropical Storm Philippe, which was 925 miles east of the Northern Leeward Islands at 4 a.

Tropical Storm Philippe remains disorganized as it continues to move through the Central Atlantic. Philippe is moving west-northwest at 12 mph and has maximum sustained winds around 45 mph. Philippe will eventually weaken as it continues to move to the west.