You can tell we are approaching September by just looking at a satellite map of the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane Danielle is in the North Atlantic, Major Hurricane Earl is situated just Northeast of Puerto Rico, and behind Earl there is another Tropical Wave which eventually could become Fiona.

The National Hurricane center gives the tropical wave in the Central Atlantic a 90% chance of forming into a tropical cyclone. They have issued the following statement with regards to the possiblity of the next wave developing into Fiona, our 6th named storm of the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane season:

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE GRADUALLY BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED IN ASSOCIATION WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED ABOUT 1050 MILES EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES…A TROPICAL DEPRESSION COULD FORM LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES GENERALLY WESTWARD AT ABOUT 20 MPH. THERE IS A HIGH CHANCE…90 PERCENT…OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

It is much too early however, to tell where Fiona would go, if it does develop. Computer models are all over the place, and ultimately it depends a lot on the intensity and direction that Hurricane Earl tracks. Needless to say, anyone living in an area that can be affected by tropical cyclones needs to pay particular attention to the weather over the next several weeks.