A weather forecaster is warning Southeast and Gulf Coast residents to be alert next month for quick-forming tropical storms that could materialize with little warning as summer temperatures rise.

Joe Bastardi, AccuWeather.com's chief meteorologist and long-range forecaster, said recently that after mid-August the tropics will begin to heat up, creating storms that arise with little warning.

Residents along the Southeast coast and the eastern Gulf of Mexico could be subject to only a few days notice to prepare for those storms, he said.

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