Tropical Weather Update: Quiet End to Hurricane Season with 3 Days Remaining

Tropical Activity Outlook

• 📊 The tropics are currently quiet, with no anticipated cyclone development in the next seven days across the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, or Caribbean.
• ⚠️ This is welcome news as the Atlantic hurricane season nears its end, with only three days remaining.

Season Comparison and Statistics

• 📉 This year's hurricane season has been below average, with 13 named storms compared to 18 at this stage last year.
• 🌪️ There have been five hurricanes this year, with four being major hurricanes and three reaching Category 5 strength.
• 🚫 The next storm names on the list, Nester, Olga, and Pablo, are unlikely to be used.

Storm Tracks and Landfalls

• 🗺️ Most storms this year missed the United States, with Shantel making landfall as a tropical storm in the Carolinas and Barry reaching the Gulf as a tropical depression.
• 🏝️ Melissa was the only storm to form or track through the Caribbean, and it was a powerful landfalling storm in Jamaica.
• 🦗 Since Melissa, tropical activity has been minimal, described as "crickets."