Hurricane "DEAN" Developing Next Week

As mentioned in my newspaper column this week, the wave off of Africa is about to develop into a tropical depression. Most models are slowly developing this wave into Hurricane Dean by the middle of next week, and in about 10 days it will be in the vicinity of the Southeast or Gulf Coast. It is extremely too far out to even make educated guesses now, but keep tuning in and we will continue to monitor the track.
Here are some model tracks...keep in mind these track forecasts can and do change daily with something so far out. The general idea is that high pressure to the north will continue to steer it along to the west for about a week...By next weekend there will be a trough off the Northeast coastline, and that may or may not pull the storm up the East Coast, perhaps recurve it out to sea, or it may miss it , allowing Dean to continue westbound. Of course any rain from it would be very beneficial to the Southeast.