Paulette and Rene both formed on Monday.
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is continuing to chug along at a record pace with Tropical Storm Paulette and Tropical Storm Rene forming over a period of just six hours Monday, as forecasters warn most of the strongest storms lie ahead.... [+]This week is historically the peak of hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin, with the exact peak coming on Sept. 10, which is Thursday.
So far, 17 named storms have formed, making this season already above-average, and putting it on a pace unseen since record-keeping began in 1851. There are only four storm names left on this season’s list, and the National Hurricane Center is monitoring two more systems that could develop this week.That has only happened once before, in 2005, when there was a record-setting 28 named storms, including destructive hurricanes like Katrina, Rita and Wilma.
Paulette and Rene are both expected to strengthen, with Rene forecast to become a hurricane, but they aren’t expected to impact any large land masses over the next week as they move across the central Atlantic.Some of the season’s strongest storms will come after Thursday’s climatological peak, forecasters say. So far, onlyhas reached major hurricane status, Category 3 or higher, bringing its devastating strength to southwest Louisiana.
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