Alberto Expected to Become a Hurricane

TBO.com Tampa Bay Florida Weather Center: Hurricane Alberto is the first tropical depression of the year, first tropical storm of the year, and within the hour is expected to now become the first hurricane of the year. It is unusually early for the Atlantic to see a hurricane, nearly a month earlier than last year. Alberto has exceed early expectations in what started out as a poorly organized storm and has steadily gained strength. Alberto also seems to be following a more northerly track and is expected to make landfall at the bend in the peninsula, travelling landward to Georgia.