MIAMI – Tropical Storm Lorenzo is weakening and is expected to dissipate within the next few days, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
The NHC said that Tropical Storm Lorenzo currently has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. A tropical storm has maximum sustained winds between 39 and 73 mph.
Lorenzo is more than 1,400 miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands, located off the western coast of Africa, and is moving north at 13 mph.
The system is expected to remain over the open waters of the Atlantic and dissipate Thursday without posing a threat to land.
Lorenzo developed from an area of thunderstorms that the NHC designated as Invest 97L over the weekend.
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This development comes as a La Niña weather pattern emerges for a second consecutive year, which could have a noticeable impact on seasonal weather patterns.
Tropical Storm Lorenzo is the 12th named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. Four of those storms have become hurricanes, three of which reached major hurricane status of a Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.