Wishing for a Hurricane?

Here's something I have been Tweeting and Facebooking about: In the tropics forecasters are itching for a hurricane. Tropical Depression 3 is over the Bahamas.

Tropical Depression 3 over the Bahamas Thursday.

The clouds are spinning, there are showers and thunderstorms forming squalls, but winds are barely 25 mph. Nonetheless, the National Hurricane Center has posted tropical storm warnings for the Bahamas and the Florida Keys.  On the satellite images I've watched this afternoon the area where the wind might be approaching tropical storm strength is about 10 miles across. The computer models wash this system out by the time it passes the Keys.  The National Hurricane Center thinks it will hit Louisiana Sunday night which seems far-fetched.

There's also a tropical low near Tampico, Mexico that actually looks more interesting but it is so close to the coast it may reach tropical storm strength for only a couple of hours. It will soak northeast Mexico with a solid 5 to 10 inches of rain through the weekend, causing widespread flooding. It is also going to be a big boost for the summer monsoon from the Desert Southwest into the Great Basin and east across the mountains of Colorado.