00:00Statistically, September is the busiest month of the Atlantic hurricane season.
00:06So far this year, the first half has been quiet, but that can quickly change.
00:11The surf's still up.
00:12In 1992, the season didn't roar until Hurricane Andrew formed in mid-August,
00:18hitting Miami-Dade County as a Category 5 hurricane before slamming into Louisiana as a Category 3.
00:24In 2022, three hurricanes formed in November alone, and Hurricane Ian, a Category 4,
00:32devastated southwest Florida in late September.
00:35And remember just last year, after a slow start, the second half of the season surged.
00:41The switch flipped really quickly once we got into September.
00:45Once we passed that statistical peak of the hurricane season, 2024 just lit right up,
00:51and we saw many storms, many hurricanes during that year.
00:53And in fact, we saw eight hurricanes after September 1st in 2024.
00:59So it became a second-half loaded season, and I worry that this season could be much of the same.
01:04AccuWeather experts warn we're entering a dangerous window.
01:08Ocean heat content in the Gulf and Western Caribbean is just below record levels,
01:14possibly setting the stage for rapid intensification when storms do form, even late in the hurricane season.
01:21We have to watch things very, very carefully.
01:23Last year, we saw three named storms during the month of November,
01:26and I worry that this season could be much of the same where we could see, you know,
01:30several storms potentially into the month of November.
01:33So we don't want people to let their guard down.
01:36For AccuWeather, I'm Leslie Hudson reporting.
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