Tropical Storm Irma formed today west of the Cabo Verde Islands and is forecast to quickly become a hurricane - perhaps as soon as tomorrow.
It's a well-formed storm, for its age, and I've got a hunch it gets pretty big. I feel in my old bones that this might be one to watch.
Right now the forecast track takes it WNW, then WSW, toward the Lesser Antilles. The long-range models show a scattering of recurve tracks, up into the western Atlantic off the U.S. coast.
So place your bets: Fish Storm, Gulf Storm, SE US or Other.
It's a well-formed storm, for its age, and I've got a hunch it gets pretty big. I feel in my old bones that this might be one to watch.
Right now the forecast track takes it WNW, then WSW, toward the Lesser Antilles. The long-range models show a scattering of recurve tracks, up into the western Atlantic off the U.S. coast.
So place your bets: Fish Storm, Gulf Storm, SE US or Other.