“Just a day after Tropical Storm Hanna dumped a foot and a half of rainfall in Texas and parts of Mexico, the tropics are roaring to life once again. A wave of low pressure meandering westward, located about halfway between Cabo Verde and the Windward Islands, is likely to develop into Tropical Storm Isaias in the coming days, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). However, forecast uncertainty regarding this storm is increasing, with a range of scenarios on the table” reports the Washington Post.
“The tropical North Atlantic Ocean basin has cooked up eight tropical cyclones this year, a feat ordinarily not achieved until the end of September. The season has also yielded the earliest ‘C’, ‘E’, ‘F’, ‘G’, and ‘H’ storms on record — Cristobal, Edouard, Fay, Gonzalo and Hanna. Assuming Isaias forms, it would obliterate the previous record for the earliest ‘I’ storm, which is held by Irene, which was named Aug. 7, 2005.”