A back-and-forth pattern of cool versus hot and steamy versus less humid will set up into next weekend, but cooler air may win out over the next several weeks.

While the Caribbean remains quiet, there are several areas of the Atlantic basin, especially some close to the United States that bear watching in the coming days for tropical activity.

This summer has been defined by a tragic surge in deadly flash floods across the United States, underscoring the escalating volatility of our warming world.

As a mass of showers and thunderstorms from the United States moves over open waters of the Gulf this week, there is a low chance of tropical development.