First Atlantic Hurricane Could Be Taking Shape

It's more than 2,000 miles from the nearest Caribbean Island, and more than 3,000 from Florida, but meteorologists are watching a tropical depression take form in the distant Atlantic.

It could become the first Atlantic hurricane of the season, according to the Miami Herald. It's forming in the deep tropics -- where forecasters see one sign of an active storm season: warmer-than-usual sea water temperature. The two other factors at play -- a multi-decadal shift toward active hurricane seasons, and the cooling of the southern Pacific, known as a La Nina pattern.

ust last week, forecasters said there is an 85% chance that we'll see more hurricanes -- and tropical storms in general -- this season than is typical. The heart of the storm season is now, and it's worth watching this little nameless wave in the ocean, because it might be the first of several this year.

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