Could we see a tropical storm form? There was a change in system’s forecast chance
By Michelle Marchante and
Devoun Cetoute
Tropical Depression 11 is forecast to weaken and dissipitate in the next few days.
National Hurricane Center
A tropical depression that is moving across the central Atlantic is forecast to weaken in the coming days and eventually dissipate after not gaining enough strength to turn into a tropical storm.
Tropical Depression 11 is about 810 miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands and has maximum sustained winds near 35 mph with higher gusts, according to the National Hurricane Center’s advisory at 5 a.m. Thursday.
The system, which formed Wednesday morning, had a small window to turn into Tropical Storm Julia, but it didn’t strengthen in time before entering conditions that forecasters described late Wednesday as “very hostile.”
The system, which should dissipate by the weekend, is not a threat to the United States.
Forecasters are closely watching Tropical Storm Ian as it treks across Central Florida into the Atlantic, where it could near hurricane strength as it approaches South Carolina. Ian made landfall in Southwest Florida Wednesday afternoon as a dangerous Category 4 hurricane.
Julia is the next storm name on the list for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season.
This story was originally published September 28, 2022 at 7:32 AM.
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription
Miami Herald Cops and Breaking News Reporter Devoun Cetoute covers a plethora of Florida topics, from breaking news to crime patterns. He was on the breaking news team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2022. He’s a graduate of the University of Florida, born and raised in Miami-Dade. Theme parks, movies and cars are on his mind in and out of the office.
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