2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season Predicted to be Light

After last month's forecasts by various meteorological organizations of a very subdued Atlantic hurricane season for 2015, it is interesting that, more than three weeks before the official beginning of that season, we may have our first named storm.  For the last few days, there has been a tropical disturbance, starting in the Bahamas and affecting South Florida, and then drifting northward in the Atlantic just east of the Florida peninsula.  It looks as if it may well strengthen,  not to mention finally hit the mainland, most likely long the coast of South or North Carolina.  If its sustained winds reach 39 mph, it will be named "Ana".

Besides Ana, the first named Atlantic tropical storms in 2015 will be Bill, Claudette, Danny, and Erika. The experts don't expect the number to get far beyond that, though, since the Atlantic Ocean temperatures have been much cooler than usual and, as a result, work as a retardant to the development of tropical storms.  But even with that in mind, it only takes one hurricane hitting a vulnerable area point blank for a disaster scenario to occur.  So the storm hovering out in the western Atlantic right now can serve as a wake-up call for those us who live in the coastal eastern states....