Tropical Depression Six developed into Tropical Storm Fay early Sunday in the far eastern Atlantic, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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As of the NHC’s 5 a.m. advisory, the center of the storm was located about 450 miles southwest of the Azores moving north-northeast at 5 mph with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend out up to 45 miles from its center.
“This general motion is expected for about another day. A turn to the southwest is expected on Monday,” forecasters said. “Additional strengthening is expected over the next day or so.”
It is no threat to land.
8 am EDT Sat, Sep 19: A short-lived tropical depression or tropical storm is expected to form later today or tonight while moving north-northeastward at about 5 mph, remaining well southwest of the Azores. Conditions will become less favorable for further development beginning… pic.twitter.com/KhZLXjHTag
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) September 19, 2026
The system became the sixth named storm of this slow Atlantic hurricane season.
So far the hurricane season has yet to produce an actual hurricane, though, but has seen the formation of tropical storms Arthur, Bertha, Cristobal, Dolly and Edouard.
Edouard made landfall in Louisiana with the NHC’s last advisory coming on Sept. 3 as it moved inland over Texas.
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It’s been quiet in the tropics since then.
Hurricane season began June 1 and runs through Nov. 30, but the height of hurricane season runs from mid-August through mid-October.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last month updated its seasonal forecast and now expects between seven and 13 named storms this year. Of those, two to six would become hurricanes. It also predicted that there might not be any major hurricanes this year, or at most two.
Already, 2026 was forecast to have lower-than-average storm generation, and that has been reduced even further with the latest forecasts from the NOAA and other weather groups.
An average year would see 14 named storms and seven hurricanes, with three of those growing to Category 3 strength or higher.