For the present, all is quiet in the tropics, although repeated showers and thunderstorms are expected to impact much of Florida in the coming days.

This year's Atlantic hurricane season began Sunday and forecasters at the National Hurricane Center are so far looking forward to a relatively quiet week ahead. As of 7 a.m. Monday, tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next seven days in the Atlantic Basin,

Atlantic Hurricane Season began yesterday. Most of the Atlantic basin is quiet for now with thick Saharan dust moving across the Atlantic Ocean. However, we are monitoring an area of disorganized showers and storms around the Florida peninsula.