FLHurricane.com: Hurricane Season has Arrived?

8:00AM EDT 12 September 2022 Update
Two 20% chance areas in the Atlantic this morning, but nothing imminent. The area in the Central Atlantic was the same area with a low chance last week that came back in the 5 day time frame again. However there is quite a lot of mid level dry air keeping this system week. It's something to watch as it moves west, it may be near the leeward islands of the Caribbean on Thursday or Friday, but will likely still be very weak at the time.

This week is likely to remain quiet in the Tropics, it could change next week potentially, though.

9:00PM EDT 07 September 2022 Update
The most unusual Atlantic hurricane season continues, with presently two, our first two hurricanes of the season, in the Atlantic, with neither actually in the tropics, and there is stark lack of model support advertising that a hurricane will form in the tropics at all this week, the very climatological "peak" of the Atlantic Hurricane Season.

Meanwhile, the hurricane that is actually likely to bring impacts to the United States this week, is over in the "La Niña" eastern Pacific, where Hurricane Kay is expected to bring blustery winds on Thursday to parts of SoCal, not SoFlo, fanning fire dangers there, and before bringing rains and thunderstorms Friday into the weekend. Go figure.

Kay poses significant peripheral threats to the Baja, as well as coastal southern into the interiors of California and Arizona, and Watches and Warnings are already going up.

Back in the Atlantic, Hurricane Earl continues to strengthen in the subtropics tonight, and appears to be verifying many models' expectations of going Major. Earl poses a significant threat to Bermuda. To Earl's northeast, Danielle is transitioning into a powerful post-tropical cyclone, and is expected to reach Spain/Portugal early next week, weakening as it does so. Back in the eastern Atlantic, Invest 95L is very likely on the cusp of being classified, perhaps as soon as later tonight even, and behind 95L a wave that could be our next Invest. We are even also watching for a potential quick home-grown spin-up in the Gulf, but conditions there aren't ideal at the moment. All in all, very active tropics. Just not our father's or even our grandfather's La Niña, for sure.

Original Update
The Atlantic basin may have been down, but is definitely not out. Tropical Storm and recent hurricane Danielle is likely to become a hurricane again in the north-central Atlantic. And now scraping the northern Leewards and tracking along just north of the Greater Antilles, Tropical Storm Earl is likely to become a hurricane as well, and possibly sooner rather than later. Both have the potential to Major; especially Earl.

While Earl is odds-on to recurve and Danielle is mostly a fish storm, interests in and near the Greater Antilles, Bermuda, as well as in the Azores may want to pay close attention, as any deviation in expected track could put these land areas at real risk for more significant impacts.

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