Tropical Storm Larry could become a major hurricane but is far away from the U.S.

Ida may be no more but there are plenty of other storms to watch in the Atlantic on Wednesday.

The National Hurricane Center named Tropical Storm Larry on Wednesday morning -- and by Wednesday night it was nearly a hurricane. There was also another disturbance in the western Caribbean and the remnants of Tropical Storm Kate.

None of the storms is an immediate threat to the U.S., though the Caribbean wave will bear watching.

NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center said Ida had lost its tropical features and become a post-tropical storm earlier today as it spread rain across parts of the Mid-Atlantic states and raised serious flooding concerns.

Larry is the latest addition to the tropical storm board and is forecast to become a major hurricane (Category 3 or stronger) by the end of the week. It was in the eastern Atlantic as of Wednesday night.

As of 10 p.m. CDT Wednesday Tropical Storm Larry was located about 455 miles west-southwest of the southernmost Cabo Verde Islands and was tracking to the west at 21 mph, according to the hurricane center.

Larry’s winds were holding at 70 mph on Wednesday night. The hurricane center expected it to become a hurricane later tonight or on Thursday.

The intensity forecast suggests Larry could be a Category 3 storm with 120 mph winds by the weekend.

Larry is far away from the continental U.S., and the hurricane center’s forecast track suggests it will continue to move northwest and slow down by the end of the week.

The end of the forecast period has Larry well to the north and east of the Leeward Islands.

In addition to Larry there’s Kate, which was a tropical storm but lost its circulation and was declared essentially dead by the hurricane center on Wednesday afternoon.

As of 4 p.m. CDT Wednesday the remnants of Kate were located about 960 miles northeast of the northern Leeward Islands and were tracking to the north-northwest at 15 mph. The hurricane center said it wouldn’t issue any other advisories on Kate.

The hurricane center is also watching a potential trouble spot closer to home -- in the same neighborhood where Ida formed.

An area of low pressure has formed in the southwestern Caribbean and was producing rain and storms on Wednesday.

Forecasters said some slow development will be possible over the next few days as it moves to the northwest at 5 to 10 mph.

It is forecast to eventually move into the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, where it could have another chance to develop.

The hurricane center gave the system a 20 percent chance to become a tropical depression over the next five days. That’s down from 30 percent earlier today.

It’s too soon to say if it could affect the U.S.

This much activity in the tropics is not unusual: The climatological peak of the Atlantic hurricane season is on Sept. 10.

This hurricane season has already been a busy one with 12 named storms, four hurricanes and two major hurricanes.

The end of the season will come on Nov. 30.