I have an eye on a batch of moisture in the southern Gulf of Mexico. It looks to me that this area could turn into a minimal tropical storm on Tuesday. The good news for our area is that this huge dome of hot air that is over us will protect us from the system moving this way. Instead it should move towards the Texas coast by late Tuesday or Wednesday.

Way out in the Atlantic there is a new tropical depression. This system shows promise of intensifying as well. Since this depression is so far out there is plenty of time to watch it. Remember you can go to hurricane central at any time on wapt.com for the latest information.

And let's not forget Hawaii...Hurricane Flossie will pass just to the south of the big island of Hawaii sometime late Tuesday.