The Atlantic has been suspiciously quiet this hurricane season

by ARKANSAS DIGITAL NEWS


Hurricane Beryl was one of only three hurricanes in the Atlantic basin so far this season

NASA Earth Observatory

For the past 27 years, without fail, the Labor Day holiday weekend in the US has featured a storm in the Atlantic – but not in 2024. In early September, the Atlantic basin remained suspiciously quiet, continuing a run of calm weather that has lingered since Hurricane Ernesto whipped through the Caribbean in mid-August.

Hurricane forecasters were almost certain this year would be a busy hurricane season in the Atlantic, says Phil Klotzbach at Colorado State University, who co-authors the institution’s…



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