The National Hurricane Center continues to monitor an area of low pressure heading into the central tropical Atlantic. Watch NBC6 free wherever you are WATCH HERE WATCH HEREShould the system organize and acquire a name, it would be “Cristobal.” For perspective, in an average season, the third named storm and the season’s first hurricane would have typically developed at this time. By mid-September, near the season’s peak, the average ACE rises to about 66. An average season will produce ACE values closer to 122.