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Julia Now Tropical Depression Off US East Coast

No coastal watches or warnings are in effect related to the storm.

Ian's winds increased to 60 miles per hour, and the storm should maintain that intensity for the next day or so, the hurricane center said. This storm is still thousands of miles away from the southeast coast, now sitting between West Africa and the Leeward Islands.

In the eastern Pacific, Orlene is a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 miles per hour. The season has had a lot of weak storms; they get named but don't get strong or last for very long.

With Tropical Storm Karl forming overnight, the Atlantic is now carrying three tropical storms, none of which are an imminent threat to Florida. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says little change in strength is expected, and Julia is expected to dissipate during the coming days.

Tropical Storm Ian is still making its way east across the Atlantic.

The weekend forecast across North Carolina is looking pretty good especially considering that there is a tropical system just off the Carolina coast.

The system was expected to move to the west and could bring heavy rain and windy conditions to the Cabo Verde Islands over the next few days, the hurricane center said. Moving inland, around Wilmington, meteorologists expect to see less than inch of rain.

Tropical Storm Ian is expected to weaken to a tropical depression later today. Moisture from the storm will make its way north by Sunday and do battle with a slow moving cold front that is arriving from the Midwest.

That area of low pressure had a 10 percent chance of development over the next few days.

But perhaps the best reason is that the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season is far from over and still has nearly 2½ months to go.

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Julia Now Tropical Depression Off US East Coast