Posted by Dennis O’Donnell, Sr. Business Meteorologist

As we enter into August, we also enter in to the prime season for tropical storms/hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean Basin.  Weather Trends predicted earlier in the Spring that August will begin, what looks to be, a very active hurricane season, and current computer models seem to support this forecast.  Several disturbances are set to come off the Western Africa coast and enter the abnormally warm Atlantic waters east of the Lesser Antilles.

A broad area of high pressure over the Central Atlantic which has helped to keep activity down thus far this year will begin to break down allowing more storms to form.  Locations in on the East coast and in some areas on the Gulf of Mexico coast should keep a close eye on the progression of any storms that form.

As these systems develop please turn to www.myskeye.com, as well as our twitter and facebook pages, for updates on the strength and path of the storms.