Hurricane Melissa continues to strengthen, becoming one of the strongest hurricanes on record in the Atlantic Basin as it nears landfall.

October also looks to be very favorable for tropical development through about the middle of the month.

After weeks of no activity across the Atlantic Basin, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, the area now has three tropical disturbances being monitored.

So far this season, we’ve had two tropical storms and one major hurricane. But it's set to get even busier this month.

As of 11 p.m. Monday, Hurricane Hunters have found that Beryl’s maximum sustained winds have increased to 160 mph, making the storm a category 5 hurricane on the Saffir Simpson scale.

The dust will lead to colorful sunsets and slightly hazy skies, with its effects expected to be relatively mild.

Hurricanes can be categorized by both intensity, minimum central pressure and strength, maximum sustained winds.

The tropics begin to get active closer to the end of August into September, as is expected, but what happened after Tropical Storm Emily actually broke a 130-year-old record.

The Atlantic Basin holds four tropical waves at the moment. None, right now, are threats to Central Florida.

The first plume of Saharan dust is expected to reach the Sunshine State as early as this weekend.

Hurricane Roslyn made landfall in western Mexico as a Category 3 hurricane early Sunday morning.

For the first time in weeks, the tropics are settling down.

What is typically one of the more active months of hurricane season saw zero storms.

The last time there was not a tropical depression, storm or hurricane in the Atlantic during the month of August was in 1997.

For only the second time since 2000, a tropical system has moved from the Atlantic basin to the Pacific and maintained its name.

There are no immediate threats to Florida. The next named storm of the season is Bonnie.

It is all but certain the 2021 hurricane season will use up its allotted names for the Atlantic Basin.

In addition to those large-scale features, another large plume of Saharan dust is trekking across the Atlantic.

A whopping five named storms -- three hurricanes, two tropical storms -- have made landfall in Louisiana. In 2004, four storms (three hurricanes, one tropical storm) made landfall in Florida. A fifth storm, Hurricane Ivan, brought devastating impacts to the Florida panhandle, but officially made landfall in Alabama. The peak of hurricane season occurs September 10. Hurricane season officially runs through Nov. 30.

Tropical Depression Eight has become Tropical Storm Hanna. A tropical storm warning is in effect from Port Mansfield to San Luis Pass, Texas. Tropical Storm Hanna becomes the earliest 8th named storm on record in the Atlantic Basin beating Tropical Storm Harvey in 2005. The average day that the 8th named storm develops is Sept. 24. Wednesday, Tropical Storm Gonzalo became the earliest seventh named storm on record continuing a record-setting start to the Atlantic hurricane season.