A milestone with an expiry date attached. The season's sixth system sits at 33.3N 33.2W, about 475 mi south-west of the Azores — 35 mph on a 1-minute averaging period, 1007 mb, moving north-north-east at 5. It is expected to become a tropical storm on Sunday, then carries a weakening trend from Monday. No watches, no warnings, no land threat — and no other formation expected in the basin for seven days. A milestone number on a system over open water.
THE RECORD
6 turning points on record since Sep 13.
Sep 19easing → emerging
Sep 18building → easing · eased sharply
Sep 17easing → building
Sep 16building → easing
Sep 15emerging → building · intensified sharply
Sep 13appeared, emerging
WHO IT TOUCHES
Maritimeisland ferries under a transitioning typhoon, a coastal cyclone in southern Brazil, and a strengthening bura on the Dalmatian coast
CONNECTED
The tropical energy is in the Pacific — and both basins said so in advance.
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