As we enter August, the Atlantic Hurricane Season really begins to ramp up. The National Hurricane Center says on average, 86% of named storms happen after August 2.

"After a flurry of tropical storms in late June and early July, the Atlantic tropics were rather quiet for the last three weeks. That has changed over the weekend with the formation of the fourth named storm in the Atlantic (Dexter,

: Tropical Storm Dexter forms in Atlantic as forecasters track two other disturbances A non-tropical area of low pressure that was located off the coast of North Carolina at 1 p.m. Sunday is expected to become a tropical storm by Monday,