Mid-September has historically been an extremely active time of the year for hurricanes in the Atlantic basin. So why has it been so quiet around here recently, and what's in store for the rest of the season?

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Alex DaSilva, AccuWeather's lead hurricane expert, wrote in a recent forecast that the calm can be attributed to a few factors: unusual surges of dry air, Saharan dust smothering storm development, disruptive wind

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