00:00We are now in the heart of the hurricane season as we go through late August and through September.
00:06That's where the majority of the storms form.
00:09In fact, just to give you an idea, we average 14 named storms during the hurricane season,
00:13which begins officially in June and ends officially at the end of November.
00:18But of those 14 storms, eight of them occurred during the month of August and September.
00:25And look what history tells us.
00:26As you get into late August and September, it's usually you're dealing with multiple storms in the Atlantic.
00:33Why is that?
00:34Well, all of the conditions become favorable for development.
00:39In fact, take a look at this.
00:40This is the breeding ground of where you see storms develop during the month of August.
00:45And really early and mid-August, it's still homegrown development.
00:50That is development in the Gulf and near the southeast coast of the United States.
00:54Now, by late in August, and that's where we are right now, you start looking at development near the islands.
01:00But watch the difference in the breeding grounds between August and September.
01:07The entire Atlantic basin is open for development as tropical waves come across Africa and are able to develop.
01:16What makes things different in September than previous months during the hurricane season?
01:23Well, number one, water temperatures reach their peak typically during the month of September.
01:30So that's one of the main ingredients.
01:34And here's the key.
01:36July and early August, you typically have lots of Saharan dust coming off the Saharan desert and covering almost all
01:47of the Atlantic and sometimes in the Caribbean as well.
01:49But typically, that Saharan dust gets reduced.
01:52And that's when development happens quick.
