Atlantic: Record Breaking Year for Tropical Systems
It’s a record breaking year for tropical systems as at least seven tropical systems were building up in the Atlantic on Monday. Now at the peak of hurricane season the North Atlantic basin is getting crowded.
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For only the second time on record at least five tropical cyclones were whirling around the North Atlantic on Monday. The last time this occurred was in September 1971 with just six.
So far in 2020 there have been 20 named storms in the Atlantic. By the first week in September the USA had already seen three hurricanes come ashore, including the Cat 4 Laura that did so much damage in Lake Charles, LA.
Weather models predict that the East and Central Atlantic should see less activity over the coming week, with systems developing more predominantly in the West Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.
Now with maximum sustained winds of 85 knots and moving ENE, Paulette mowed over Bermuda early Monday bringing strong winds and heavy rainfall. Maximum sustained winds to 95 mph were listed by the National Hurricane Center. Paulette’s predicted path is to remain offshore in the north west Atlantic and weaken over the coming weekend.
Now in the NE Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Sally is strengthening as it reaches the Mississippi and Alabama coastlines and the Florida Panhandle. Life-threatening flash flooding and storm surge are expected with maximum sustained winds of 105MPH. Sally is moving NNE and has slowed down to just 2MPH. Rapid weakening is expected once landfall occurs.
On Monday Teddy was a tropical storm mid-Atlantic, however, it has rapidly intensified into a 90MPH hurricane as of today. Still well offshore the eye of Hurricane Teddy was located
near latitude 15.5 North, longitude 48.7 West this morning. Teddy is moving NW at close to 10 mph and NOAA predict that this path will continue into the weekend and remain well NE
of the Lesser Antilles. Teddy could become a major hurricane later today or Thursday. Large swells generated by Teddy are expected to reach the Lesser Antilles and the northeastern coast of South America today and should spread westward to the Greater Antilles, the
Bahamas, and Bermuda by Friday.
TS Vicky formed Monday morning NW of the Cape Verdes. Maximum sustained winds are near 50MPH with higher gusts, however Vicky is not predicted to develop into anything bigger and is expected to circulate in the Eastern Atlantic and weaken by Thursday.
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11 AM AST Hurricane #Teddy key messages. #Teddy has strengthened into a major hurricane, and interests in Bermuda should monitor forecast updates as the risk of impacts is increasing. More: http://hurricanes.gov
An official for an Alabama county just east of Mobile Bay says the county has sustained “tremendous damage” from Hurricane Sally – see https://thepublicsradio.org/article/the-latest-tremendous-damage-to-one-county-from-sally for details.