Tropical season begins today
Sunday, June 1st, 2014Today is the official start of the 2014 hurricane season. Even though the University of Colorado is predicting a less-than-active season, storms will still occur.
In fact, as of this morning, a large area of storms that extends from the Gulf of Mexico, across Southern Mexico and into the eastern Pacific will hold my interest for at least the next week. This storm system has already spawned one hurricane in the Pacific. On the Pacific side, the NHC is forecasting a 90 percent chance that the storm system will organize. On the Gulf side, they are posting a 20 percent chance of tropical weather over the next five days. I expect those chances to increase dramatically.
As of the 11 AM tropical weather discussion, there were three tropical waves in the Atlantic or Caribbean. Other than those, there are no threats.