An Atlantic hurricane season, which spans June 1 through November 30, brings a historical average of 14 named tropical systems.
According to AccuWeather experts, to date, there have been five named systems, including Hurricane Don for the 2023 Atlantic season plus one unnamed subtropical storm that developed in January over the North Atlantic. Don spent much of its life over the middle of the Atlantic earlier in July with no impacts to land.
AccuWeather’s Tropical and Long-Range teams of meteorologists led by Hurricane Expert Dan Kottlowski, Tropical Meteorologist Alex DaSilva and Long-Range Expert Meteorologist Paul Pastelok, anticipate near-average numbers of tropical storms and hurricanes this season, despite the jump start in January, June and July.
As for what’s on the horizon, El Niño conditions are expected to kick in and tone down tropical development during the latter half of the hurricane season, Kottlowski explained in a recent interview. However, the period from the second half of August through much of September may be quite busy. Multiple simultaneous tropical systems may be spinning over the Atlantic during that period.
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