spoke too soon?

The recent lull that has enveloped the Atlantic hurricane basin for the last week or two looks to be coming to an end just as the calendar nears the peak of the hurricane season. With the remnants of quick-lived Jose dissipating over Mexico, the National Hurricane Center is now focusing its attention on two areas of storminess.


The first area of clouds and showers extend from eastern Cuba and Hispaniola across the Southeastern Bahamas and Turk and Caicos Islands and into the western Altantic Ocean. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center noticed this morning that the clouds and showers are now more concentrated near the Southeastern Bahamas. To get a better fix of the conditions in and around this area, hurricane hunter aircraft may be dispatched later today to investigate. This weather system is forecast to move eastward and could affect the Atlantic coast of Florida. It is too early to tell if this system will remain a weak tropical wave or develop into something stronger, so resident should monitor the progress of this system closely.


The second area of storminess is associated with a large tropical wave located over the eastern Atlantic 700 miles west of the Cape Verde Island. This wave has the potential to develop into tropical depression during the couple of days as it moves west over the warm, open water of the east-central Atlantic.

hold on folks...this ride could start to get a little bumpy...