That circulation near 34W reminds me of Francis; but it is interesting to see the conveyor belt of waves streaming out of Africa this early in the season- perhaps we will have an early CV season. Ironically, if hurricanes were to from this early I'd bet they wouldn't be as strong as late season systems beacuse the water temps are not as warm as they could get later on. In any event early systems would have the benefit of cooling off the sea surface temp later on-thus preventing monster stroms from developing. So- perhaps it's better for all of us if CV season starts early.??