Tropical update 8am EDT Monday July 5th 2010

Well the Atlantic Basin is getting fired up. There are 3 areas of concern out there at the present time. 1 in the Northern Gulf, 1 in the Western Caribbean, and 1 out near the Lesser Antilles. Area #2 (invest 96, that could become BONNIE soon) is now leaning on a more northern track than first discussed and that will bring areas from Galveston Island to the Louisiana Coast into play. Area #1 (invest 95) looks like it will finally come ashore near the Texas/Louisiana border no additional strengthening is forecast with this system, so it looks like just a rain maker for them. Area #3 way is way out there and might fizzle out soon do to unfavorable upper level winds, But regardless it will dump a lot of rain in the area of Puerto Rico and the Antilles. Stay tuned for more info on the main areas of interest for possible development. If Invest 96 keeps turning to the NNE it could very well impact the oil clean up efforts.