While hurricane season won’t officially begin until Monday, June 1st, the first Tropical Depression of the 2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season has already formed.

Located about 225 east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, “Tropical Depression One” doesn’t appear to threaten land although it does appear poised to become a named storm (Ana) by Friday.  Read more…

This could mark the 3rd year in a row where a named storm preceded the official start date of the Atlantic Hurricane season.  By comparison, in 2008 Tropical Storm Arthur formed May 31st and sub-Tropical Storm Andrea formed May 6th in 2007.

We’ll be covering the 2009 Hurricane Season outlook in greater detail on Monday.