The U.S. National Hurricane Center is currently monitoring seven different storm systems across the Atlantic Ocean, including some tropical storms.
- “This is what September 10, the peak of the hurricane season, looks like! We are monitoring 7 systems in the Atlantic, including Tropical Storms #Paulette and #Rene. The tropical waves in the eastern Atlantic have the highest chances of formation.”
- So far, the center has seen Tropical Storms Rene and Paulette, and one that could be named Sally if it develops fully.
- There’s also a tropical wave close to Africa that could develop into a storm.
- And there’s another system near the U.S. that could wash over southern mid-Atlantic states and the Carolinas.
- Not enough? There’s two more storms near the Gulf of Mexico.
Why this a big deal:
The Washington Post reports that this a rather busy storm system:
“The jam-packed hurricane season has featured the earliest C, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P and R storms on record, with four names left on the 2020 list before we revert to the Greek alphabet in assigning tropical storm and hurricane names. A typical season contains closer to 11 tropical named storms.”