It looks like the Atlantic storm season may finally produce a hurricane

A low-pressure system in the western Gulf of Mexico should soon become a tropical storm, and based on the latest forecast modeling, it has a decent chance of becoming a hurricane.

Normally, a hurricane forming in early October would not be particularly noteworthy. However, this year the development of a hurricane would be a big deal—because it has not happened yet.

In the modern hurricane record—an era dating to about World War II when there has been aircraft reconnaissance and later continuous satellite coverage—there has never been an Atlantic season without a hurricane, and no season has gone this late without one forming.

Read full article

Comments

More in Technology

Android’s physical navigation buttons are back on Googlebooks, but not the way you think October 7, 2026 We found some great October Prime Day deals under $50 October 7, 2026 Roku’s OLED TVs are up to $400 off during Prime Day, starting at $700 October 7, 2026 ChatGPT’s ‘Intelligent UI’ update fills its responses with pictures, charts, and buttons October 7, 2026 The first Nvidia RTX Spark laptops cost up to $7,000 October 7, 2026 It appears .agent and .agi are about to be the hot new domains October 7, 2026

See all 199 in Technology →

Latest News

Should You Play Dragon’s Dogma 2 On Switch 2? October 7, 2026 Controversial Horror Series Ropes Me Back In With Silent Hill’s Original Composer And Lady Dimitrescu October 7, 2026 Android’s physical navigation buttons are back on Googlebooks, but not the way you think October 7, 2026 We found some great October Prime Day deals under $50 October 7, 2026 Three Years Later, The Outlast Trials Just Smashed Its Concurrent-Player Record  October 7, 2026 Roku’s OLED TVs are up to $400 off during Prime Day, starting at $700 October 7, 2026