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Keeping an eye to the Central American gyre for late next week

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Keeping an eye to the Central American gyre for late next week

The opening volleys of the 2026 hurricane season have unsurprisingly come from the eastern Pacific so far, where Amanda – the basin’s first named storm – formed late yesterday morning, and two more systems are poised to develop into next week off the Pacific coast.

Hurricane season starts today. Here’s what to expect for week 1 and beyond

Hurricane season starts today. Here’s what to expect for week 1 and beyond

Today marks day one of the 183-day Atlantic hurricane season, which runs through Nov. 30. Forecasters expect overall hurricane activity across the Atlantic basin to be softened this season by a potentially historic El Niño building in the eastern equatorial Pacific, which acts to deter would-be storms on the Atlantic side by ramping up hostile wind shear.

First 2026 hurricane season outlook predicts least active Atlantic since 2015

First 2026 hurricane season outlook predicts least active Atlantic since 2015

Hurricane researchers at Colorado State University (CSU) – the group that pioneered seasonal hurricane predictions in the 1980s – issued their first outlook of 2026 Thursday morning, predicting slightly below average named storm and hurricane activity for the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through Nov. 30.

Melissa brushes Bermuda overnight and headed out to sea

Melissa brushes Bermuda overnight and headed out to sea

Melissa’s 10-day run as a tropical cyclone – culminating in a catastrophic Category 5 strike on western Jamaica Tuesday – will end Friday as it transitions into a powerful non-tropical storm, clipping Atlantic Canada’s southern Avalon Peninsula tonight before heading swiftly out to sea.

Melissa strikes eastern Cuba as a major hurricane after ravaging western Jamaica

Melissa strikes eastern Cuba as a major hurricane after ravaging western Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa, which devastated western Jamaica as one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded, briefly restrengthened between Jamaica and Cuba late Tuesday before making a second landfall shortly after 3 a.m. ET Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane about 40 miles west of Santiago de Cuba – the country’s second most populous city – in eastern Cuba.