Hurricane Irene has been bearing down on the United States and up until today weather experts predicted that the storm would make a direct impact with southern Florida. Obviously this would bring nothing but bad news to the area but today analysts came back with new predictions that should save Florida from quite a bit of the storm’s wrath. Thus far in the hurricane season there has not been a single hurricane or any major landfall damage so hopefully Hurricane Irene does not break the current trend.

Unlike previous predictions Hurricane Irene is now expected to stay 100 to 150 miles off the coast of Florida which means it will not be making landfall in the next few days. Hurricane Irene is unfortunately expected to strengthen as well but analysts say it is much easier to deal with a strong storm that avoids landfall entirely.

Many south Florida residents are excited and happy about the news as it could save them quite a bit of time and money. Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean is just starting to pick up however so more storms are expected in the next few weeks. For now though residents of Florida and other nearby areas are just happy to avoid having to deal with a storm in the coming week. No word on what is expected after Hurricane Irene though there are currently multiple storms forming in the Atlantic Ocean that are expected to develop into tropical storms and possibly hurricanes.

Tropical storm Emily marked the beginning of the tropical storm season for much of North America. While Emily might not have been the first storm to form during the season it was the first storm to potentially threaten the coast of the United States. Early storm prediction patterns indicated that Tropical Storm Emily was expected to impact Florida but fortunately for many residents the storm has now started to fizzle out and die down.

Tropical Storm Emily was always a relatively weak storm but weather analysts still believed that it could cause some significant damage with heavy rain and strong winds if it were to make landfall in Florida. Midweek this week Tropical Storm Emily broke up after passing over part of Haiti which brought good news to the United States as well as Haiti and other tropical islands.

Of course weather experts say that Tropical Storm will likely not be a good indicator of the entire tropical season. Experts say that the tropical season will likely be much more intense than average. Fortunately for everyone living in the predicted path of Tropical Storm Emily there is no immediate danger. There are also no current storms developing in the tropics at this time which means there will likely be at least a week or two of little tropical action. As the heart of tropical storm season approaches weather analysts predict that the storms will begin to pickup in frequency but for now everyone is simply happy that this first storm has died out.