The Atlantic hurricane season is off to a bit of a slow start considering that the forecasts for the season were abnormally high. Having said this, it looks like as early as Saturday or Sunday we may have our forth named storm, Tropical Storm Danielle. Currently tracked by the National Hurricane Center as Invest 95L, the tropical wave sits about 800 miles off the West Coast of Africa. Meteorologists expect the wave to become a depression, possibly this evening, and a name storm this weekend, as conditions are very ripe for development.

If Danielle does form, most computer models are predicting it to become a Hurricane eventually, but likely miss the United States. Of course it’s still much too early to tell where exactly the storm could go. Most experts still predict an above average season for activity. Remember that we are still three weeks away from the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season which is September 10th. Those of you along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico should not let your guards down, as we will likely enter into a 6-8 week period of increase tropical activity very shortly.