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| Tropical Storm Gert, pictured here Monday morning, is expected to strengthen far out in the Atlantic |
Tropical systems can develop at any time during this period, sometimes even before or after this "official" season begins.
However, if you really want to see tropical storms and hurricanes, start now.
The heart of the season, when we get the most storms, and usually the strongest, runs from now until early October.
The bottom line is you'll see lots of news about tropical storms and hurricanes starting now.
As of this morning, Tropical Storm Gert was spinning far to the east of Florida. The bad news is Gert is expected to strengthen into a hurricane.
But the very good news is the storm will stay far off the East Coast, and accelerate toward the northeast, where it will eventually die in the cold North Atlantic waters.
The only effects in the United States from Gert will be the potential for dangerous rip currents at the beaches.
However, there are more areas of disturbed weather far out in the Atlantic or even over Africa that might develop into tropical storms and/or hurricanes. It's possible they could threaten the United States.
These systems haven't even formed yet, so it's impossible to tell now what, if anything they will do.
It's still worth keeping a lookout for this stuff over the next several weeks, though.
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