The anticipated emergence of a La Niña has been an extensive talking point during this hurricane season, in part because this cyclical climate pattern has a powerful influence on the creation of tropical storms in the open seas.

Hurricane forecasters are monitoring a tropical disturbance expected to move to the Gulf of Mexico and a new system in the Atlantic Ocean alongside remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon have a 60 percent chance of forming a tropical storm again in the next 7 days.

The next tropical storm could come from a slow-spinning system in the northern Caribbean, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The National Hurricane Center on Thursday increased odds that a developing system could head into the Gulf of Mexico and become a tropical depression or storm, while it also kept tabs on two systems in the Atlantic.

The National Hurricane Center also is watching two systems in the Atlantic, but current forecasts indicate neither will become a threat to North Carolina or the U.S. East Coast. The disturbance in the northwestern Caribbean has a 40% chance of developing ...

The odds of development are increasing for a tropical disturbance in the Caribbean Sea that could shift up into the Gulf of Mexico.