By Travis Fedschun,Brandon Noriega| Fox News
Weather forecasters are monitoring an area off Florida and the Bahamas where the first named storm is forecast to develop this weekend, barely over two weeks before the start of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season,
The tropical outlooks issued by The National Hurricane Center(NHC) call for an area of low pressure expected several hundred miles northeast of the Bahamas late this week.
Fox News senior meteorologist Janice Dean said Wednesday, "This storm will be named Arthur. "We do anticipate either a tropical or a subtropical storm to form this weekend."
The NHC said as of Wednesday that environmental conditions appear conducive for its gradual development.
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