The first hurricane in the Pacific doesn’t typically arrive until the last week of June. Three have been named so far this season.

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two tropical waves in the Atlantic: Tropical wave 1: A tropical wave located at 37W from 02N-12N in the central Atlantic is moving west at 11 mph. Tropical wave 2: A central Atlantic tropical wave east of the Caribbean Sea has its axis along 57W south of 17N, is moving west at 11 to 17 mph.

Disturbances called tropical waves help form many tropical storms and hurricanes, but the atmosphere has other ways to kick start the process, including one recent Gulf hurricane that strangely had roots in Kansas.

With this insider guide to Magic City, you’ll know when to move, what to skip, and how to keep cool when everything else is sizzling.