Tropical Storm Henriette has rapidly strengthened into a hurricane in the central Pacific Ocean with further strengthening expected but poses no threat to land.

Tropical Storm Henriette is strengthening in the central Pacific Ocean and could become a hurricane, but it poses no threat to land

Invest 97L is a tropical wave in the Atlantic and conditions are favorable for formation, but all quiet near SW Florida for now.

ATLANTA — Weather forecasters from NOAA's National Weather Service updated the seasonal forecast for the Atlantic Hurricane Season on Thursday. The new forecast, released August, includes 13 to 18 named storms, with five to nine of the storms becoming hurricanes and two to five becoming major hurricanes.

Invest 97L, an area of low pressure associated with tropical wave now has a high probability of developing next week.