ORLANDO, Fla. – Storm chances will one again be elevated Sunday, but they will be more focused on the latter stages of the morning and early afternoon. Highs today jump back into the low-to-mid 90s, It will be a pinch “cooler” west of Orlando with the earlier storm start time. Beach forecast:Moderate risk for rip currents SundayThere is a moderate risk for rip currents Sunday. Be ready to move off the beach earlier Sunday with scattered storms moving in from the west earlier than Saturday. These two waves are the likely start of a very active period in the tropics.

MIAMI Tropical Storm Josephine weakened early Sunday and the system named Kyle became a post-tropical cyclone, forecasters said. Kyle was far off the East Coast of the continental U.S. centered about 545 miles (880 kilometers) southwest of Cape Race, Newfoundland, Canada. It's been an active Atlantic hurricane season and forecasters predict several more named storms are on the way. Before Kyle, the earliest K-named storm was Katrina, which formed Aug. 24, 2005, according to Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach. Last month, Hurricane Hanna slammed the Texas Gulf Coast with high winds and rains that flooded streets and knocked out power across the region.

ORLANDO, Fla.- If you blinked, you missed the naming of Tropical Storm Kyle Friday. Kyle continued the record-breaking pace for storm formation becoming the earliest K storm on record. Through the K storm in 2005 there were already 4 hurricanes with 3 of those being major. Kyle is moving away from the U.S. and will weaken quicklyKyle is moving away from the U.S, and is expected to weaken quickly over the cooler waters of the North Atlantic. Josephine poses no threat to the U.S.Dry air continues to dominate the Atlantic for now, but the basin could become more favorable in the next 7-14 days.

ORLANDO, Fla. Josephine is just barely holding on to its tropical storm status as it moves over the Atlantic Ocean as the earliest J storm in a record-setting hurricane season. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said early Friday that Josephine has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. Tropical storms have maximum sustained winds of 39 to 73 mph. Whatever is left of the storm should turn away from the U.S.Josephine was the earliest 10th Atlantic named storm on record, breaking the previous record of Jose, which formed Aug. 22, 2005. The next named storm will Kyle.

ORLANDO, Fla. A tropical depression headed on a projected path north of Puerto Rico is still expected to strengthen into Tropical Storm Josephine, according to the National Hurricane Center. The system has sustained winds of 35 mph. A tropical storm requires sustained winds of 39 mph. Computer models show the system trekking north of Puerto Rico early Monday as a tropical storm before weakening. Most of the rain chances come in after 2 p.m., with a 60% coverage, News 6 meteorologist Troy Bridges said.

ORLANDO, Fla. As we talked about in last weeks edition of the Tropical Tracker, the Atlantic remains relatively unfavorable for tropical development. We do have Tropical Storm Josephine, but that is expected to run into dry air and shear and may dissipate all together. ACE is calculated by using the intensity and duration of the storm once it reaches tropical storm status. Current state of the Atlantic:Even though we have been on a record tear this season, storms, including hurricanes Isaias and Hanna, have had trouble intensifying. As we move toward the climatological peak of hurricane season, middle of August through early October, things that deter tropical development like the Saharan dust tend to go away.