The NBC2 First Alert Hurricane Tracking team is closely monitoring five features in the tropics. Though this flurry of activity means the basin is active, it's important to stress that none of these systems pose a threat to Southwest Florida.
Florida takes on more direct hits from hurricanes than any other state, yet this week, Hurricane Hilary took aim at California, slamming into the state as a tropical storm after making landfall in Mexico.
The NBC 2 Hurricane tracking team is closely monitoring four areas for development, as well as Tropical Depression Six, as the Atlantic Basin becomes increasingly active. There are no threats to Florida at this time.
The NBC2 First Alert Hurricane Tracking Team is monitoring four areas of interest in the tropics, three in the east-central Atlantic and another near the southern Bahamas that will move into the western Gulf next week.
The NBC2 First Alert Hurricane Tracking Team is monitoring three areas of interest, two in the east central Atlantic and another that could form in the Gulf of Mexico early next week.