Hurricane season is off to an early start this year, as Alberto became a Tropical Storm over the weekend. Hurricane season officially runs from June 1 to November 30, but storms this early are not uncommon. The last time one formed this early was Tropical Storm Ana back in 2003.
It may not look like much, just off the northeast Florida coast, but this season's first tropical storm is packing sustained winds at about 40 mph. Tropical storm Alberto is currently moving East at about 7 mph, but will soon take more of a northeasterly turn as an upper level trof helps to push it farther out to sea. As it turns, it will pick up some speed and weaken to a tropical depression by Wednesday.
The storm won't have much impact to land, other than dangerous surf conditions off the coast of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina today.
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