Beware the red blob. It's still too early to know if this latest storm will become a hurricane, but we are now in peak season

The Atlantic Hurricane Season spans half the year, from June through November, but the majority of storms historically happen this time of year

The slow-moving storm system plodding its way across the Atlantic in our direction has hurricane watchers’ antennas up.

But because it’s traveling so slowly, and because a host of other issues—from jet stream patterns to Saharan dust over the ocean—can influence its ultimate path, it is far too soon to push the panic button, we are advised.

Still, the Nat…