The National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida is tracking a system off the U.S. East Coast Sunday, Oct. 18, according to the agency's 8 a.m. advisory.

The National Hurricane Center continued Sunday to forecast a system could develop off the U.S. East Coast that has the potential to develop into a more dangerous storm.

Hurricane Trudy is forecast to continue strengthening as it approaches the southwestern coast of Mexico this weekend.

The tropics remain quiet on Saturday, Oct.17 and tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the next seven days for the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf, according to the latest update from the National Hurricane Center in Miami,

Hurricane Trudy lashed parts of Mexico’s Pacific coast with heavy rain and strong winds Sunday but was forecast to move away, the US National Hurricane Center said. The Category 2 storm had maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (155 kph) and was moving northwest at 8 mph (13 kph).

The National Hurricane Center warned Tropical Storm Isaias is expected to strengthen rapidly, and become a hurricane. Where it's going.

Trudy was a tropical storm in the North Pacific Ocean Tuesday afternoon Mexico Central Time, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory. Trudy is the 19th named storm to form in the Eastern Pacific in 2026.

Even as conditions are quiet across the Atlantic, Florida has a history of late season surprises that keeps forecasters alert.