It looks like the Atlantic storm season may finally produce a hurricane
A low-pressure system in the western Gulf of Mexico should soon become a tropical storm, and based on the latest forecast modeling, it has a decent chance of becoming a hurricane. Normally, a hurricane forming in early October would not be particular...

A low-pressure system in the western Gulf of Mexico should soon become a tropical storm, and based on the latest forecast modeling, it has a decent chance of becoming a hurricane.
Normally, a hurricane forming in early October would not be particularly noteworthy. However, this year the development of a hurricane would be a big deal — because it has not happened yet.
In the modern hurricane record — an era dating to about World War II when there has been aircraft reconnaissance and later continuous satellite coverage — there has never been an Atlantic season without a hurricane, and no season has gone this late without one forming.Read full article


