Tropics Heating Up

After a quiet start to the 2010 hurricane season, the Atlantic is beginning to show a little more activity with Hurricane Danielle, Tropical Storm Earl and a couple more waves moving off the African coast.
First up - Hurricane Danielle:
Danielle continues to gain strength this morning as it's now a category four hurricane.  While it will continue to move into a more favorable environment the current track takes Danielle away from the U.S. coast.  Tropical Earl continues to maintain its strength and will move a little further west than Danielle.  As it begins to approach a weakening ridge, Earl is expected to intensify and is forecast to grow to hurricane strength within the next couple of days.  It's current forecast will take it just north of Puerto Rico.  Lastly, there's another tropical wave (area of low pressure) moving into the Atlantic that holds a pretty good chance of becoming a tropical depression within the next day or so as it continues to move to the west.  Anyone with vacation plans to the Atlantic the next few weeks should pay close attention to the forecast!