Tropical depression Four-e formed in the pacific last night and is not expected to reach tropical storm strength. Four-e is expected to become a remnant low today. It with be hot in some places today with heat advisories up in the central USA from Central Texas to Kansas. Also, some advisories up in parts of south of Texas and parts of the Georgia coastline.
Update at 10:00am EDT - advisories now on parts of South Carolina coastline.

Recapping the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific hurricane season

The Atlantic hurricane started off in May when tropical storm Arthur formed just north of the Bahamas and moved north east while strengthening and coming close to the outer banks with 60-mph winds. The Outer Banks saw some winds and rain with Arthur but the center stayed off shore.

Tropical Storm Bertha formed in May also. Bertha formed right off the South Carolina coast. Bertha made landfall a couple hours later just northeast of Charleston, SC, with 50-mph.  

Before I can talk about Cristobal, I have to talk about how it formed from Amanda.Tropical Storm Amanda formed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Central America making landfall as a 40-mph storm on the same day. Amanda moved north and dissipated over land, but the remains of Amanda moved over the Bay of Campeche in the Atlantic Ocean and formed Tropical Storm Cristobal over the next days.

Cristobal strengthened to 60-mph at landfall in Mexico.  After being over land Cristobal weakened to a tropical depression when coming close to water but still over land Cristobal strengthen to a tropical storm. Cristobal made landfall again as a 50-mph storm near New Orleans.

Tropical storm Boris formed in the eastern Pacific and only held tropical storm strength for less then a day. Boris crossed over into the Central Pacific which is between 140W – 180W as a tropical depression. Boris was the second June tropical cyclone in the basin since 1966.

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Tropical storm Dolly forms in the Atlantic today with wind speeds of 45 Mph. Dolly is only expected to live for 24 more hours because of colder waters. Dolly is the third earliest named D storm in the Atlantic. Dolly will be the first named storm this season that will not impact the USA with winds and rain.  

First Tropical Depression in the Pacific

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In the eastern Pacific, tropical depression one-e formed on Saturday and dissipated on Sunday afternoon. Tropical depression one- e did not reach tropical storm strength so it did not receive the name Amanda. Tropical depression one-e was the earliest tropical depression in satellite era (1966-present).

Atlantic Tropical Storm Activity

Last month in the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico there were three tropical storms. The names of the tropical storms are Bonnie, Colin, and Danielle. And there was a January hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean called Alex.

Pacific Tropical Storm Activity

The Pacific Ocean has been active the last two weeks. The names of the tropical storms or hurricanes that died are Agatha and Blas. The tropical storms or hurricanes that are still active are Celia and Darby. Plus there was a tropical depression last month called one-e.

Monday, July 11, 2016 Weather Report

It was hot in the southeast last week. Records may have been broken. A few records were broken in South Carolina.