The tropics are lighting up with potentially the season’s 2nd hurricane and 8th named storm within the next 24 hours.

Thanks to a cold front exiting the East Coast, Tropical Storm Gert shall remain a fish storm and pose no direct threat on the US but indirect impacts include increased surf and rip currents on the beaches.

Gert is the 7th named storm of the 2017 season and it’s the first season to have had 7 storms before Aug 13 since 2005 and only the 3rd time on record.

https://twitter.com/splillo/status/896837464526139392

Gert is expected to become the Atlantic’s 2nd hurricane and could fire to Cat 2 status before weakening over the colder, more hostile NW Atlantic.

As for 91L to the west of Cabo Verde, it has a shot at developing into TS Harvey en-route towards the Leeward Is and given it’s projected further south and west track, this is likely to pose a threat to the Leewards then perhaps Hispaniola.

Some modelling has Harvey to be a classic long tracked Cabo Verde hurricane with a Gulf Coast threat!

Looks like we’re entering a favorable MJO phase so Gert and likely Harvey may not be the only boys in town over the next 10-15 days.

https://twitter.com/MJVentrice/status/897109426112430080

Certainly plenty of fuel for anything coming into the Gulf.

https://twitter.com/MJVentrice/status/897086174761799681

Tags: hurricane season 2017, mjo, tropics