Tropical Weather Update: Hurricane Season Quiet in Atlantic, Major Hurricane Eric in East Pacific

Atlantic Hurricane Season Status

• 🏝️ The Atlantic hurricane season has been remarkably quiet, with no named storms developing before June 20th, a first in 11 years.
• 🗓️ The average date for the first named storm in the Atlantic Basin is typically around June 20th.
• 💨 Saharan dust is currently drifting across the Atlantic and impacting parts of the Caribbean, which is common early in the season.
• 📉 There are indications that June may conclude without any named storms in the Atlantic.

East Pacific Hurricane Activity

• 🌊 The East Pacific has seen its first landfalling hurricane and its first major hurricane of the season, Hurricane Eric.
• 🌪️ Hurricane Eric reached a peak intensity of 145 mph, a Category 4 strength, before making landfall.
• 💥 It made landfall on the southern coast of Mexico as a Category 3 storm with peak winds of 125 mph.
• 📅 This event marks the earliest major hurricane landfall on record for both the Atlantic and Pacific basins.

Upcoming Storm Names

• 🌀 The anticipated names for the next storms in the Atlantic Basin are Andrea followed by Barry.