Tropical activity has increased in the Atlantic Ocean as the WPTV First Alert Weather Team is tracking two named storms and one other area that has a high chance of developing.

WPBF 25 First Warning meteorologists are monitoring two tropical waves in the Atlantic Basin that are producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Wave #1Sign up for our Newsletters"Environmental conditions are forecast to become more favorable for development later today or tonight,

As I’ve said, the Fujiwhara effect happens when two cyclonic systems form close enough to influence each other’s movements. In the Northern Hemisphere, both rotate counterclockwise, and their circulations can draw them into an orbital “dance” around a shared midpoint.

A tropical storm has formed in the Atlantic Ocean and another system may develop later this week — their close proximity is raising the possibility of a rare meteorological phenomenon.

WPBF 25 First Warning meteorologists are tracking Tropical Storm Humberto in the central tropical Atlantic Ocean.

Since 2011, a monstrous structure has taken shape in the Atlantic Ocean almost every year, sprawling from the West African coast to the Gulf of Mexico. It’s the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt—a gargantuan bloom of a brown free-floating seaweed. In May, the seaweed belt hit a record biomass of 37.5 million tons.

One person had to be rescued from the water and later hospitalized Wednesday after two boats collided in the Atlantic Ocean off Fire Island, the U.S. Coast Guard said. About 6 a.m., the Long Island sector received a radio report of a boat collision about 17 miles south of Fire Island, the Coast Guard said.

The seizure by two navy ships followed a tip-off by anti-drug and maritime intelligence authorities and British police, authorities said.

Two strong waves in the Atlantic Ocean are showing signs of development as Hurricane Gabrielle begins to weaken.