Atlantic Gettting a little More Active

The Atlantic has been showing a little more life lately.  First, hurricane Katia has been downgraded to a Category One hurricane with winds sustained around 90 mph.  Katia is not expected to make a direct impact on the U.S. because she will get caught up in a trough of low pressure in the jet stream and that should lift her north and then northeast by this weekend.  Increased rip currents and high waves will be a problem, though, for the Carolinas.

A little further to the south and east is Tropical Depressions 14.  It's currently moving to the west around 20 mph and has winds around 35 mph.  There is some potential that this could become Tropical Storm Maria within the next day.  Tropical Depression 14 has developed a little further south than Katia and if it were to maintain its strength would have to be watched for a possible impact on the U.S.

Meanwhile, a broad area of low pressure has formed in the southern Gulf of Mexico and has about a 60% chance of developing into a tropical depression later this week.