Atlantic unusually quiet at hurricane season’s peak, but warm waters to fuel storms soon

As a rare lull continues at the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, AccuWeather hurricane experts remain on alert for tropical storm development. Several areas will be monitored in the coming weeks, and with unusually warm waters across much of the basin, tropical activity could escalate quickly.

"Dry and dusty air from the Sahara Desert will keep the Atlantic unusually quiet during the climatological peak of hurricane season on Wednesday," AccuWeather Lead Hurricane Expert Alex DaSilva said.

"The dry air and Saharan dust should start to clear out of the Atlantic main development region this weekend," DaSilva added. "Atmospheric conditions that are conducive to tropical development are expected to return in the second half of the month.”

That persistent dry air prevented a tropical r