ORLANDO, Fla. – The National Hurricane Center reports no tropical cyclone formations are likely in the next week, but there is an impressive tropical wave emerging off the coast of Africa.
There is still a decent amount of Saharan dust moving across the Atlantic Basic, limiting tropical development, but there’s a chance that it could try and organize as it moves westward.
It’s too early to make any firm predictions and there is plenty of time to monitor for possible development.
Typically, the middle of July marks a “quiet” period in the tropics.
This is because climatologically, we are transitioning from the homegrown storms of June and early July to the more long-track storms that roll off Africa and take days to cross the Atlantic.
Sept. 10 marks the climatological peak of hurricane season.
And with extremely warm sea surface temperatures creating a more “conducive dynamic and thermodynamic environment for hurricane formation and intensification,” forecasters at the Colorado State University increased its storm predictions for this season.