National Hurricane Center watching low pressure system for potential development off southeast coast

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – Hurricane season is officially underway as of June 1, and forecasters with the National Hurricane Center are monitoring an area of low pressure off the southeastern U.S. coast.

In a 2 p.m. update Monday, the NHC said a non-tropical area of low pressure was forecast to form near or offshore the U.S. coast sometime in the next couple of days.

“If the system remains offshore, the low could gradually develop some subtropical or tropical characteristics later this week while moving northeastward at 10 to 15 mph,” the NHC said.

It’s not yet clear what impacts, if any, the system could bring to the southeast. Forecasters are giving it a low 10 percent chance of development in the next seven days.