With a total of 19 named storms, 12 hurricanes and five major hurricanes, the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season was one of the busiest on record – as NOAA forecasters had predicted. Fortunately, nearly all of those storms avoided the U.S.

On the forecast track the center of the tropical cyclone will cross Cuba tonight and be near southeastern Florida by Wednesday afternoon. Some strengthening is forecast during the next day or so and the depression is expected to become a tropical storm later on Tuesday.

Dangerous surf conditions expected today at beaches along the Mid-Atlantic and New England coasts as Hurricane Igor passes by. Check local statements from NWS Eastern Region Weather Forecast Offices for the latest.

Surf conditions are expected to deteriorate through the early part of next week as the larger swells from Hurricane Igor affect the area beaches. NOAA buoys off the Carolina coast have already detected swells from the hurricane, and the swells are expected to increase in size and power through the weekend.

Heavy rain associated with ther remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine has been impressive early this morning over Texas, especially within a narrow band that developed along and west of I-35 where 6 to 10 inches has fallen west of Austin. The deep tropical moisture associated with Hermine will continue to support heavy flooding rains northward into Oklahoma today and into southeast Kansas and Missouri by Friday morning. All of these regions are currently under flood or flash flood watches.

Hurricane and Tropical Storm Watches have been issued along the coast of North Carolina.

Those planning to go to Atlantic beaches through Labor Day weekend, should check with their local Weather Forecast Office. Swells from Hurricane Earl are moving along the East Coast from South Carolina to New England producing a strong south to north long shore current (Littoral Current)

The Atlantic Basin remains on track for an active hurricane season, according to the Climate Prediction Center, a division of the NOAA National Weather Service. Factors pointing to an active hurricane season include the formation of La Niña in the tropical Pacific Ocean.

Heat Advisories and Excessive Heat Warnings are in effect from the Southern/Central Plains through the Lower Mississippi/Tennessee River Valleys.

At 1100 AM EDT the center of newly formed Tropical Depression Three was located about 405 miles east-southeast of Key Largo Florida.