Although the Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1st, August through October is the prime time. G has been predicting we’d get hit some time around August 15th with the first one. Looks like he may be right on that one. Of course, I’m supposed to fly out of here August 23rd, so it will probably be then that we get it. Airports closed. Keeping fingers crossed here……..and shutters at the ready. There’s a system they’re watching in the Gulf of Mexico, also. You can track the Atlantic and Gulf here.

Tropical Depression 4 formed in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean and another depression could form in the Gulf of Mexico over the next day or so, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday.

In an outlook issued at 11 a.m. EDT, the NHC said the center of the Tropical Depression 4 was located about 520 miles west’southwest of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands and about 2,000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles.

Tropical Depression 4 is moving toward the west near 21 miles per hour with maximum sustained winds near 35 mph.

The NHC forecast the Tropical Depression 4 could strengthen into a tropical storm (winds of 39-73 mph) during the next 24 hours. The NHC will name the next tropical storm Dean.

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