Two For the Price of One

Two tropical storms in the Atlantic Ocean at once?

This is a map from the National Hurricane Center, posted this past Friday evening, showing the positions of not one, but two tropical storms in the North Atlantic - Josephine and Kyle, the two earliest tenth and eleventh cyclones to form in any Atlantic hurricane season.  In fact, every tropical cyclone to form this season has formed earlier in this season than usual, and only one tropical depression - Number Ten - failed to become a storm.

Scared yet?

After Isaias, I'm still worried that the Northeast could get it again, maybe by a major hurricane, which hasn't happened since 1938. And what's really nerve-wracking is that no major hurricane has formed yet in 2020 - and as many as ten could be in store.  

Now for the good news: Josephine and Kyle have both since dissipated, never having posed any threat to land.  But the fact that two storms have been out there simultaneously should cause more concern.  And two other disturbances in the Atlantic could form into storms later this week.  I have a feeling that the pandemic won't be the only thing affecting this year's presidential election. :-O