National Hurricane Center (NHC) experts are monitoring an area of low pressure off the southeastern U.S. coast that could become a tropical storm by the end of the week.

Newsweek reached out to NHC by email for comment.

Why It Matters

The Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1 and meteorologists are already monitoring two areas that could see tropical development this month. One is in the Western Caribbean and the other is off the coast of the Southeastern U.S.

The low-pressure system comes as Tropical Storm Alvin already formed in late May in the Eastern Pacific. The storm brought heavy rain to the Southwest, though it did not make direct landfall.

What To Know

On Tuesday morning, the NHC posted an update regarding the system on X, formerly Twitter .

"A non-tropical area

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