Claudette developed overnight Sunday, and was immediately a threat to make landfall in the US. The storm spun up off the west coast of Florida, but it will move onshore farther up the coast in the Panhandle near Pensacola. The storm is not terribly strong, and it is not likely to intensify before landfall.

Tropical Depression Ana has been weakening today and is not likely to be a major player as it wanders through the Caribbean. The Dominican Republic, US Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico should all see some squally conditions and 2-4″ of rain.

The storm of greatest concern is Bill. It is very close to hurricane strength, and most of the computer models crank the maximum sustained winds to over 100 mph in the next couple of days. The storm will likely move just north of the Leeward Islands, and may miss the Caribbean completely.

Right now, although Bill is a storm the entire East Coast of the US needs to watch closely, I’d say the biggest threat is for Bill to hit Bermuda. Many of the Stormtracker projections take Bill to north of Puerto Rico, and then curving to the north toward Bermuda. Of course, long-range hurricane projections can be erratic, so we’ll have to monitor this for the next couple of days.