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Information on the status of Hurricane Bill.

 15 a.m. EDT shows Tropical Storm Claudette as it comes ashore in the Florida Panhandle Monday Aug. 17, 2009. It is the first named storm to hit the U.S. mainland this year. (AP Photo/NOAA)

Hurricane Bill became the first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic season today due to the disruptive African air currents.

Due to the warm weathers and upper level winds, Bill will most likely become a major hurricane by Wednesday according to Jeff Masters, director of meteorology for the Weather Underground Web site.

Hurricane Bill: Projected Path

Hurricane Bill is moving north-northwest from the middle of the Atlantic north of the equator.

Bill’s projected path is unclear due to how far it is into sea and it is too early to see if it will effect the U.S.

Hurricane Bill is part of an unusual sudden flurry of activity that produced tropical storms Ana, Bill, and Claudette within a 33-hour period.

Bill owes its strength to warm, moist air just like any hurricane.

The storm formed far enough south in the Atlantic to break away from the dry, hurricane-stifling air that wafts westward from Africa’s Sahara desert