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(Miami, FL) - Tropical Storm Cristobal just popped up in the subtropic Atlantic Wednesday morning, affecting only shipping lanes.
According to the National Hurricane Center, sustained winds are 45 mph, and it is moving east, away from the US at 25 mph.
Forecasters say it will fall apart by tomorrow and is currently at its peak at noon on Wednesday. Meanwhile, National Hurricane Center senior meteorologist John Cangialosi says there are two other areas of disturbance in the Central Tropical Atlantic.
The system furthest west has an 80-percent chance of becoming the fourth named storm, Dolly by the weekend.
It is moving westward at followed by another wave with a 30-percent chance of formation.