The basin produced its near-miss and let it go. The storm reached about 70 mph over open water south-west of the Azores, four miles an hour short of hurricane strength, moving east-south-east at about 5 mph, and is forecast to weaken today. The outlook states that formation is not expected during the next seven days, and there is no land threat. Central pressure is not stated on the summary page and none is printed here. The season's defining fact remains an absence: the basin still has no hurricane in 2026, and the calendar is now past the previous record for the latest first Atlantic hurricane, September 17 1941.
THE RECORD
7 turning points on record since Sep 13.
Sep 21emerging → easing
Sep 19easing → emerging
Sep 18building → easing · eased sharply
Sep 17easing → building
Sep 16building → easing
Sep 15emerging → building · intensified sharply
Sep 13appeared, emerging
CONNECTED
The planet's tropical energy has left one ocean and concentrated in the other — and both halves of that sentence sit next to a record.
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING
searched 34 vetted voices and the open field — nothing said about this system cleared the screen.
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