This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows stationary front across northern Florida, southern Alabama and central Mississippi. A surface trough over central and southern Florida is producing a showers and a few thunderstorms. Showers are across the northern Great Lakes. (AP)
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If a Hurricane Doesn't Form in the Next 10 Days, 2013 Will Go Down as Slowest Start to Hurricane Season in Satellite History
September 07, 2013
"Hurricane season" technically started on June 1.
However, as USA Today points out, the season has been a "dud" despite dire predictions warning of an "extremely active" and "above-normal" season.
This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows stationary front across northern Florida, southern Alabama and central Mississippi. A surface trough over central and southern Florida is producing a showers and a few thunderstorms. Showers are across the northern Great Lakes. (AP)
In fact, Dennis Feltgen, spokesman for the National Hurricane Center, notes that this season could set a record for the exact opposite reason.
"If the first hurricane of 2013 forms after 8 a.m. on Sept. 11, it would set a record for the latest 'first' hurricane to arrive in the satellite era," he said.
Scientists began tracking storms using satellites in 1967.
Forecasters demoted Gabrielle, once a tropical storm, to tropical-depression status on Thursday, according to the Christian Science Monitor.
(H/T: Christian Science Monitor)
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