Tropical Depression Igor

Tropical Depression Igor is stirring-up the waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Although it's only a depression with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph, it is moving over warm water and could become a strong hurricane by next week. So far, Igor has encountered plenty of wind shear in the upper levels of the atmosphere, inhibiting it's ability to strengthen (It was a tropical storm at one time). But the environment to the west of Igor doesn't include significant wind shear, so it'll have time to get more organized as it moves to the west. Although Igor isn't an immediate threat to land, it's track is uncertain and it could impact the Lesser Antilles later next week. It's also possible that Igor takes a more northerly turn, heading toward the U.S. mainland. Hopefully neither scenario happens, and Igor takes a sharp right hand turn and moves out to sea.  --TS