AI-assisted summary
The Atlantic is experiencing an unprecedented calm for mid-September, the typical peak of hurricane season.
Threats from storms forming in the eastern Atlantic are diminishing as the season progresses.
Future U.S. hurricane risks are more likely to originate from the western Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.
Ocean temperatures are supportive of a busy late season, but atmospheric conditions have been less favorable for storm development.
Hurricane season is over!
Well, that’s a nice thought, but not quite. As there remains no indication of any U.S. tropical threats through Sept. 20, two of the three main flavors of tropical risks to the continental U.S. are nearly behind us. And while Meat Loaf wisely reminds us that two out of three ain’t bad, that also leaves the fi