Saturday the 15th is the official start of what is known as Cape Verde season. The Cape Verde Islands are located just off the coast of Africa where the monster storms tend to form from Saharan dust storms before crossing the Atlantic and hitting the warm waters of the Caribbean. Hurricane Dean two years ago was a Cape Verde storm as was Ivan in 2004. We have yet to get a named storm in the Atlantic basin this season so July and early August have been unusually quiet. As of today though we are tracking two storms that are coming off the coast of Africa. The first wave formed a tropical depression early in the week but looks like it will die in the Atlantic. The second storm is still near the Cape Verde Islands but seems likely to form the first named storm of the season later today and may have the strength to get across the Atlantic. It wont affect us for at least a week to ten days but it is definitely something everyone in the Caribbean is starting to watch closely every day.
Katie headed off for Texas today to go to her Mom's graduation and will be there through Sunday.
