Hurricane season usually winds down in November, but this hasn’t been a normal season

NOAA’s definition of hurricane season spans half the year, from June 1 through November 30. Those dates were chosen to encompass the vast majority of storms and activity, but it doesn’t always catch everything. During these hyper-active seasons, we are nearly four times more likely to get a named storm after Halloween.
More details on the climatological tail end of active seasons is available on the Capital Weather Gang blog: 

Hurricane season usually winds down in November, but this hasn’t been a normal season

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A tropical disturbance is brewing in the Caribbean, will impact South Florida on Saturday

The same tropical disturbance I've been watching for over a week (and the subject of the previous post on Tuesday) is now getting somewhat more organized and will head northward.  The full update is available on the Capital Weather Gang blog:

A tropical disturbance is brewing in the Caribbean, will impact South Florida on Saturday

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The western Caribbean is a hot spot for October tropical storms, and one soon could form

An update on a developing disturbance in the southwestern Caribbean Sea, as well as a reminder of the 12-year anniversary of Hurricane Wilma's Florida landfall, is available on the Capital Weather Gang's blog:

The western Caribbean is a hot spot for October tropical storms, and one soon could form

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