The National Hurricane Center continued to track long-lived Tropical Storm Don on Friday morning while also monitoring a tropical wave much farther to the south.

The tropical wave, in the central Atlantic, is on a path that could take it near the Caribbean next week. It has a medium chance of becoming a tropical depression over the next week.

Meanwhile, far to the north is Tropical Storm Don. Don formed as a subtropical storm on July 14. It weakened to a depression then strengthened into a tropical storm again and has been making a slow loop in the central Atlantic.

As of 10 a.m. CDT Friday, Tropical Storm Don was located about 1,085 miles west of the Azores islands and was tracking to the west-northwest at 10 mph.

Don had 50 mph winds and isn’t expected to become a hurricane. The hurricane center thinks Don will begin to weaken over the weekend.

There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect for Don, and the storm isn’t expected to affect any land areas.

The tropical storm is expected to turn to the northwest and then the north over the weekend.

The hurricane center’s long-range forecast track takes Don northward but keeps it to the east of the Northeast U.S. and Atlantic Canada.

Farther to the south is a tropical wave that will bear watching over the next few days.

The hurricane center said the small area of low pressure was located several hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands as of Friday morning.

The system was disorganized on Friday, but the hurricane center said conditions seem favorable for it to strengthen and a tropical depression could form in the next few days.

The system is expected to track to the west-northwest across the central Atlantic during that timeframe. It’s too soon to say for certain that it could be a concern for the Caribbean.

The Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1 and ends on Nov. 30. So far there have been four named storms and one unnamed storm. All have been tropical or subtropical storms; there have been no hurricanes yet.

NOAA’s hurricane outlook suggests there could be 12-17 named storms (that includes tropical storms and hurricanes), five to nine hurricanes and one to four major hurricanes (Category 3 or stronger storms).

According to NOAA an average season in the Atlantic basin has 14 named storms, seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes.