If Tropical Depression Five in the Atlantic gets a little stronger and becomes Tropical Storm Edouard, it would be the soonest in the season that we have ever record five named storms.
"Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph (55 km/h) with higher gusts. Little change in strength is forecast during the next 48 hours. The depression could become a tropical storm today."
The official forecast track (above) calls for the system to become Edouard.
It is not a threat to any land.
By the way; the previous earliest E storm, Emily, was a history making category 5 hurricane before Katrina in 2005. It hit Cozumel, Mexico as a low-end category 4 before making a second landfall as a weaker hurricane just south of Texas on July 20th. It was the earliest in a season that a category 5 ever formed.
Meanwhile a system in the Gulf of Mexico now has a small chance of developing.
"A broad area of low pressure located along the northern Gulf Coast is producing disorganized showers and a few thunderstorms. Some slight development of this system is possible before the disturbance moves onshore along the northeastern Gulf Coast on Monday," the Hurricane Center advised.
The system is heading away from Louisiana toward the Florida Panhandle.
"The system is then forecast to move northeastward and could emerge offshore of the Carolinas later this week, where environmental conditions are expected to be more conducive for development."
