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Why the Atlantic Basin has been unusually quiet as peak hurricane season nears

The time of year that typically sees the most tropical systems forming in the Atlantic Basin is almost here.

The past three weeks in the Atlantic Basin have been notably quiet with no named storm formations since Ernesto on Aug. 12.

The last time the Atlantic had no named storm formations between Aug. 13 and Sept. 3 was in 1968, Philip Klotzbach, senior research scientist at Colorado State University, told ABC News. There has not been a named storm anywhere in the Atlantic Basin for more than two weeks.

The peak of the Atlantic hurricane season is September 10, according to the National Hurricane Center. Historically speaking, about two-thirds of all storm activity occurs between Aug. 20 and Oct. 10.

So, what’s going on?

Earlier this year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted a very active Atlantic hurricane season for 2024.

One of the explanations for the lack of storm systems forming in the Atlantic Basin in recent weeks is due to the Saharan Dust moving across the Atlantic Ocean, scientists say. Large Saharan dust outbreaks brought widespread, intense plumes of dust and lots of dry air across the tropical Atlantic during July and much of August, Ed Nowottnick, an atmospheric scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, told ABC News.

Tropical waves have been exiting the African continent so far north that they have been pulling in lots of dust and dry air, limiting their chances for development, according to researchers at tropical weather experts at Colorado State University.

Supposedly, those dust storms are going down, which means the tropical waves coming off the African coast might increase.

Looking ahead to mid-September, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center’s long-range Global Tropical Hazards Outlook calls for a slight to moderate chance of new tropical development over the Central Atlantic Ocean.

And they are really hoping that hurricane activity explodes, so they can fear monger. Shockingly, the article fails to mention ‘climate change’ as a cause for the dust storms reducing tropical systems. Normally, that is where they would go. There’s always an excuse for the cult. They were initially doomsaying that this would be a huge hurricane season, especially after a quick start.

But, of course

(Axios) Between the lines: Meteorologists and climate scientists are also debating another factor holding back storm formation: unusually warm air at high altitudes.

Mostly, though, the climate cult hasn’t figured out full talking points and linked them. I see some yapping about an unusually warm Mediterranean, La Nina, and other Reasons.