Above-normal water temperatures in the gulf region are fuel for hurricanes. OTOH, El Niño causes high wind shear in the Atlantic region and hinders hurricane formation. tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/o… 3/n
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It looks like the #Atlantic storm season may finally produce a #hurricane In the modern hurricane record—an era dating to about World War II—there has never been an Atlantic season without a hurricane, and no season has gone this late without one forming. Two years, 1907 and 1914, no hurricanes were recorded. However, that does not mean there were no #hurricanes. Before aircraft flew across the Atlantic, our records almost certainly missed hurricanes over the open ocean. arstechnica.com/science/2026/1…
“No hurricanes through September is unprecedented in the modern record, and it’s a little surreal to look at the maps every day this month and see the deep tropics basically shut off.” smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/…
Apparently there are two hurricanes barreling down on the US simultaneously: Hurricane Rachel is set to impact Southern California, and Hurricane Isaias becomes the first Atlantic hurricane of 2026 and is currently undergoing rapid intensification before it makes landfall in the Gulf of Mexico somewhere around Mobile, Alabama weather.com/2026/10/08/storms/… #ClimateCrisis
