The Hurricane Season was a little slow to start this year but it didn’t take the “named” storms long to pop-up when they did decide to come. Each year the weather folks give tropical depressions or tropical storms a name. They do this process in alphabetical order and this year’s first depression was named Ana. Soon after she appeared we got to see our first glimpse of Bill. It didn’t take long for the next one to roll-in either and this 3rd one was actually ahead of Ana and Bill. Tropical Storm Claudette was the 3rd storm of the year and it was detected late in the Gulf of Mexico. This 3rd weather system from the tropics is now on shore as it came in just west of Panama City Beach, Florida. Claudette made landfall early this Monday morning near Fort Walton Beach, Florida which is located in the panhandle between Destin and Panama City.

It doesn’t appear Claudette caused too much damage, but power outages and flooding is still a concern in Florida and the southern parts of Alabama. Ana is quickly losing steam and doesn’t appear it will affect the United States anytime soon. The big news right now is Bill and he is packing quite a punch in the Atlantic Ocean right now. Projected paths right now show it veering off from the U.S. coastlines, but still too early to tell. People living on the east coast of the United States in places like the Carolinas and Virginia could be in-store for some rough waves to come crashing in this weekend. If Hurricane Bill does decide to wobble; then North Carolina and other places up the northern coast could see some tropical moisture and winds from the 2nd tropical depression of the season. Everyone should keep a close eye on the weather this weekend and for the next couple of months as the hurricane season is just now beginning.