Hurricane center tracking 5 systems that could develop

The National Hurricane Center had its hands full Thursday — well at least one hand — as it was keeping track of five systems in the Atlantic basin with the potential to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the hurricane center’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, all had low odds for formation and none were an immediate threat to Florida.

The only system that could come within striking distance of Florida is a tropical wave in the central tropical Atlantic a few hundred miles east of the Leeward Islands that is producing limited shower and thunderstorm activity.

“Strong upper-level winds are expected to limit development of this system during the...