The Tropics certainly are active. We have three systems out there. The latest is Tropical Storm Karl, which joins Hurricane Julia, and Hurricane Igor as active storms.

Tropical Storm Karl is located at 18.3°N 84.2°W as of the 5 PM EST advisory from the National Hurricane Center. Karl is moving in a WNW direction at approximately 15 miles per hour, and has maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour, making it a minimal tropical storm at this time. Karl is the 11th named storm of the season, putting us on pace to have an extremely active season this year.

The National Hurricane center has a projected path for Karl which will take it across the Yucatan on Wednesday and Thursday, and than into central Mexico on Saturday morning as a tropical storm. There have been Tropical Storm warnings issued for the Yucatan, and a tropical storm watch for Northern Belize. All interests along the Gulf of Mexico should continue to pay attention to track adjustments by the NHC.