So far, this summer, we’ve been lucky. For the first time in 25 years, the month of August didn’t have even one named storm.

September has arrived, and the tropical Atlantic seems to be waking up from its lethargic behavior. On Friday, the National Hurricane Center released a statement that Tropical Storm Danielle, building up in the North Atlantic, strengthened into a hurricane that will hit this weekend. 

Danielle is not considered to be a major threat to land and it is expected to stay stable throughout the weekend. 

But whether officials are warning that this is just the beginning, and the Atlantic hurricane season is getting back into business.

The National Hurricane Center is closely monitoring two otherareas for tropical cyclone formation over the next five days. An area in the central Atlantic is likely to form, and there’s a low chance of one off the African west coast.

Computer models show that Danielle will swirl toward the United States this weekend, but then will do a U-turn back to the Atlantic and veer toward Bermuda. 

Unless it defies the computer and has a mind of its own.