Hurricane Season

The 2022 Atlantic Hurricane season begins today, and I'm happy to report that we did not get a storm forming in the Atlantic before today.  So for once, at least, the season beginning when it's supposed to.

Alas, it could be off to a quick start.  Hurricane Agatha from the Pacific is now a tropical depression drifting across Mexico that could very well re-form as a tropical storm over the Gulf of Mexico - in which case it would be an entirely new storm, called Alex. If it does form, as is likely, it would then make landfall over Florida before going out over the Atlantic Ocean itself.

What's more, we can expect numerous storms in the Atlantic basin thanks to a La Niña pattern that helps tropical systems form easily and flat-out refuses to dissipate after dominating the Atlantic Ocean for nearly three years. In short, 2022 is going to be as busy as 2020 and 2021 were, meaning that even if the American Northeast doesn't get a direct hit, it could still get a storm's remnants, which, as the "remnants" of Ida proved this past September, can be as bad as the full storm. 😢