There hasn't been much noise this season so far in terms of tropical weather so far however the Atlantic hurricane season seems to be ramping up a bit! There are now two named storms off United States Eastern coast with one impacting the Bahamas. The first of which has already made news headlines which is Hurricane Humberto as just a couple days ago it reached Category 5 strength! Thankfully this system is expected to stay over water and not affect the United States coast.
The most recently named storm is Hurricane Imelda which is at Tropical Storm intensity over the Bahamas. This storm is expected to move north and then eastward heading away from the United States, however, is expected to reach Hurricane status.
Both storms can clearly be seen by satellite pushing off the east coast this morning and as of now it's pretty easy to tell which one is the stronger system. Most eyes shift right towards the organized cyclone off farther to the east off the United States and rightfully so as it's easy to tell that Hurricane Humberto is much stronger right now (Category 4 strength currently). Over the Bahamas a more disorganized complex of thunderstorms has taken shape which is the start of Tropical Storm Imelda. As this storm moves north and east it will begin to strengthen however it is not expected to get as strong as it's bigger brother off to the east.
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