With Maria Recurving, There Are No Real Threats

Over the weekend, the statistical peak of the 2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season passed.  As the weekend progressed into the new week, storm threats in the Atlantic Basin began to wane.   After dealing with four named storms at one point last week, there is only one churning away, and that storm is forecast to steer clear of the U.S.

Late last week, Hurricane Katia brought dangerous surf conditions to most of the East Coast.  Now, it is a distant memory as it lost its characteristics, and raced into the North Atlantic as a powerful extratropical system that moved into the northern portion of the British Isles.  With Katia leaving the scene, what was left of Tropical Storm Lee as well as the frontal system that accompanied it, was able to pull out as well.

Meanwhile, in the Gulf of Mexico, Tropical Storm Nate did make up its mind, and came ashore in Eastern Mexico as a strong tropical storm.  The storm was too far south to bring some much needed rain to Texas.  Now, we are left with Maria, and the storm is forecast to stay offshore and also west of Bermuda.  The island is still expected to have some tropical storm conditions late Wednesday into Thursday.

Maria may generate some rough surf along the East Coast.  There have been some rip current warnings issued for the coast of Long Island in New York.  Other than that, the storm will continue to turn to the right, and race up into the Canadian Maritimes by Friday afternoon as an extratropical low.  Elsewhere in the tropics, there are no other threats.  There is a 1011 millibar low along a monsoonal front in the Eastern Atlantic, but there are no signs of development at this time.