Alabama Gulf Coast: Is Hurricane Season Starting to Intensify?

For the most part, it has been a pretty quiet hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through November 30.

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Slow Start to Hurricane Season

To date, there have been four named storms: Andrea, Barry, Chantal, and now Tropical Storm Dexter, which formed late Sunday night. Currently, Dexter poses no threat to land and is expected to transition to a post-tropical system by tomorrow night.

Is Hurricane Season Starting to Intensify?

We are entering the peak season for hurricane development, which typically occurs in August and September.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring two additional areas for potential tropical development in the coming days.

A low-pressure system forming off the Southeast U.S. coast has a 30% chance of development over the next 7 days.
We are also monitoring a tropical wave in the far eastern tropical Atlantic. The NHC gives this a 50% chance of formation over the next seven days. Models are currently tracking this system in a west-northwestward pattern.

National Hurricane Center (NHC)

Gulf Outlook

“No tropical storms or hurricanes are expected in the Gulf for at least the next seven days,” said James Spann, ABC 33/40, and Townsquare Media Tuscaloosa Chief Meteorologist.

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