Humberto Becomes First Atlantic Hurricane of 2013

[Bosonic]

Source: Accuweather

Late Tuesday night, Humberto strengthened to become the first hurricane of the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane season.

Winds were sustained at 75 mph, classifying Humberto as a Category 1 Hurricane.

It was thought that this hurricane season might set a new record for having the latest first Atlantic hurricane since the satellite era began in the early 1960s.

The latest the first hurricane of the season formed was 2002's Gustav on Sept. 11. Gustav was upgraded from a tropical storm to a minimal hurricane that Wednesday midday, shortly after 8:00 a.m. EDT.


Read more: http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/humberto-may-defend-hurricane-record/17586208

[liberal N proud]

1. Strange year to have so few and so late for first hurricane

I hope the pattern holds through the end of the season.

[kentauros]

3. Well, this month and the next are usually the most active months of the season.

And so, we have Hurricane Humberto, TS Gabrielle, and Invest 93L.

While not much may come of them, we are only in the second week of September. Best to not slack off

[starroute]

4. There's been lots of dry air and low atmospheric instability

The dry air interferes with the development of serious thunderstorms. The instability is needed for storms to "spin up" and change from being just a mess of storms to being an organized system.

Both of these may be due to global warming -- I've seen mentions of both a drought in Brazil and warm air in the Arctic which decreases the north-south temperature differential. But it's becoming clear that high water temperatures along aren't going to generate a lot of superstorms.

[hobbit709]

2. Looks like it will be a fish storm.

[ancianita]

5. They used to be named in alphabetical order, alternating male/female. Wonder when they stopped that.

[TroglodyteScholar]

8. I don't think they stopped that...

The ones you don't see never made it to hurricane size.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

9. There have already been seven named tropical storms

This is the first to reach Hurricane status.

[W T F]

10. They didn't, there have been 7 tropical depressions and storms before, but.....

Humberto, has developed into the first Hurricane of the season.

[ancianita]

11. Ah. Okay. Thought they didn't name them until they reached hurricane status. Thanks.

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. They said this was going to be a really active hurricane season

with 6 or 7.

Guess that didn't happen. Thank goodness.

[Nye Bevan]

7. The FIRST? Wow. Clearly, "climate change" is to blame. (nt)