Hurricane season is at its peak, a time traditionally when tumult reigns in the Atlantic basin , tropical waves bristle with Cat 5 ambitions, seas heave and clouds tower.

Except this year, all is docile, serene, tranquil in the main runway for storm activity between Africa and the Caribbean.

Although a tease of a wave shot up to a 90% chance of formation last week with summer-warmed seas goading a tropical cyclone to form, so-called Invest 91L’s odds plummeted to zero 24 hours later. Forecast models misread the atmosphere. Meteorologists were flummoxed.

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