Since my last blog post on the tropics, Tropical Depression 5 has organized and became Tropical Storm Ernesto yesterday. It has been moving at a very fast rate of speed and is now approaching Puerto Rico. It is expected to experience rainfall of 6-8 inches on the southeast coast as well as tropical storm force winds, and perhaps even hurricane force winds if it spins up quickly enough. From there, Ernesto is expected to turn north, so it will not affect the Southeast other than to bring high surf to the East Coast, but it could affect Bermuda in about five days. So far the rest of the Atlantic looks quiet but there are some waves moving across Africa that could become storms in a couple of weeks, so keep watching.
