We're watching the tropics. Not so worried about that tropical disturbance off the east coast right now. But we will keep a close eye on tropical storm Aaron that developed yesterday.Right now, winds at 45 miles hour, sitting just under 700 miles to the west of the uh Cabo Islands. We're going to see this move at a pretty good clip. It has westward movement right now at 22 mph, but notice what happens over the short term.Not a whole lot of intensification. It'll remain a tropical storm. And then maybe by Th ...

Tropical Storm Erin has formed near Africa and could become a major Caribbean hurricane later this week https://t.co/7a32tlQaxO ...

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two disturbances in the Atlantic that could ultimately become hurricanes. https://t.co/IF3mXibqPj https://t.co/IF3mXibqPj ...

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