Tuesday, Aug 5 update: Latest on Tropical Storm Dexter from the National Hurricane Center

Published Aug 6, 2025

Article first published: Tuesday, Aug. 05, 2025, 4 a.m. ET

Article last updated: Tuesday, Aug. 05, 2025, 10 p.m. ET

System type: Tropical storm

System name: Dexter

As per the National Hurricane Center’s 10 p.m. Tuesday update, Tropical Storm Dexter is in the Atlantic Ocean, 410 miles south-southeast of Halifax Nova Scotia. Packing maximum sustained winds of 40 mph, the system is tracking east-northeast at 12 mph.

Dexter is forecast to change into an extratropical cyclone.

Source: National Hurricane Center