Meteorologists now tracking two MORE tropical storms over the Atlantic as Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida

Meteorologists are currently monitoring two more storms developing over the Atlantic Ocean as Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida.

Hurricane Leslie was upgraded to Category 1 on Wednesday evening after gaining strength in the east-northeast region of the Caribbean.

Meanwhile, a non-tropical area with a low-pressure system could soon be called Nadine if it produces sufficient wind speeds.

The two come as Hurricane Milton is hours away from making landfall in Florida and a week after Helene left a path of destruction in North Carolina.

Neither storm is expected to impact the U.S. mainland.

Nadine would mark the 14th named storm of the 2024 hurricane season.

NHC is closely monitoring potential Tropical Storm Invest 93L, which will bring rain and wind as Milton barrels into the area, and Hurricane Leslie as it heads toward Europe.

“Of the three, Milton is by far the most dangerous and will be the most dangerous,” Accuweather senior meteorologist Tom Kines told DailyMail.com.

Invest 93L is a non-tropical area of ​​low pressure approximately 650 miles off the east coast of Florida, with a northeast to east-northeast path.

This is reported by the FOX Forecast Center the showers off the coast of Florida produced by Invest 93L are an area to watch.

“As it moves north and northeast, it is not likely to gain strength, but we are monitoring its proximity to the southeast coast,” the meteorologists explained.

Kines said the system’s winds and pressure would have to change dramatically to affect states along the East Coast, but the shift would not be impossible.

“I don’t want to say there’s a zero percent chance,” Kines said.

“But because Mother Nature, you know, has ways of throwing us curve balls. It’s unpredictable, but I just don’t see it.’

About 650 miles off the coast of Florida, a potential storm is brewing that could soon be named Nadine

The potential tropical storm is called ‘investment’ because it is a weather system that is monitored by a tropical cyclone forecast center for the potential development of tropical cyclones.

And the ‘L’ indicates that it is a low pressure system.

But Invest 93L could develop into Tropical Storm Nadine today, traveling at only 15 miles per hour as it moves away from Florida.

Leslie is currently located 1,615 miles east-northeast of the Northern Leeward Islands with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour while moving 10 miles per hour to the northwest.

Leslie was upgraded from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane

“There is likely to be some additional strengthening today and tonight, followed by a weakening until early next week,” NHC shared in a statement.

While Kines noted that “Nadine” and Leslie don’t play a role, Milton is on his way to reaching Florida.

The storm is packing winds of up to 155 miles per hour and is currently 250 miles southwest of Tampa, moving 16 miles per hour to the northeast.

Experts have predicted that Milton could inundate Florida with a storm surge of 15 feet, winds of 155 miles per hour and up to 18 inches of rain.

“Milton has the potential to become one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for west-central Florida,” the NHC said Wednesday.

The approaching storm has prompted the largest evacuation effort since Hurricane Irma ravaged the state in 2017, with 5.5 million people urged to leave Florida’s west coast as quickly as possible.

Hurricane Milton comes as Floridians are still recovering from the devastating effects of Hurricane Helene, which made landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast before moving north and wreaking havoc across the southeastern US.

Helene killed at least 225 people, 19 of them in Florida. Hundreds of victims are still missing.

“Unfortunately, some of the Helene victims are in the path of this storm,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said during a press conference on Monday.

“A lot of these homeowners are in recovery mode,” Florida climatologist David Zierden previously told DailyMail.com.

“They probably didn’t have the time or resources to prepare for this as much as they normally would,” he added.

This could increase the damage from this approaching storm, especially as debris from Helene is swept up in the storm surge from Milton, Zierden said.

In areas of Florida affected by Helene, more than 40,000 cubic feet of debris was removed in less than two days, officials say.