Thanks, Nick. We are still a little more than a
week out from hurricane season,
but Chief Meteorologist Tom Terry is already tracking the first
tropical wave of the season as it moves across the
Atlantic.
Tom, is this wave developing?
No, it is not, but it is a sign that
we are getting awfully close to the star of the
hurricane season.
Nine days officially June 1st.
Until the season gets started,
Let me show you the overall view of the tropics.
Right now we do have the first what we call
tropical wave and this is the beginning stages of what
potentially could develop into a disturbance and then a depression
maybe and on down the line.
But this is not expected to develop,
but it is right over here across the open Atlantic
kind of make that out.
We get roughly 60 of these said waves coming off
the coast of Africa and trekking across the Atlantic and
under the right conditions they can form.
We don't have the right conditions for this to form.
Thankfully, I'm also watching this big batch of clouds that's
bringing mainly rain to the central parts of the Caribbean.
This is a non tropical low,
lots of rain, but that's about all we're watching with
this.
But just to let you know,
we are priming that whole tropical pump here.
With lots of energy from the oceans,
look how warm the Atlantic basin is right now,
Upper 80s, record warm temperatures.
And Greg, this is the fuel source for these tropical
lows.
So that means we're going to be watching every single
way that comes across.
It's likely to be a very busy hurricane season ahead.