A hurricane, two storms, two tropical depressions and two active tropical waves raged yesterday morning in the Atlantic area, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. This upsurge in phenomena is rare but not unprecedented.
Five cyclonic phenomena and two active tropical waves currently animate the Atlantic basin, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. None threaten the Lesser Antilles.
Hurricane Paulette is currently heading towards the east coast of the United States.
Tropical storms Sally and Teddy are making their way. The first should hit Louisiana on Tuesday (their 4th cyclone of the year). The second (ex tropical depression n ° 20) goes back well to the North of the Lesser Antilles. It should become a high intensity hurricane within a week.
Tropical depressions René and n ° 21 (who was born yesterday morning at 6 am) are also far from home.
Finally, the various meteorological sites also record two active tropical waves, one in the Gulf of Mexico and the second which is currently leaving Africa and whose trajectory must be carefully followed.
Rare but not unheard of
This situation is extremely rare, but is neither unprecedented nor a record. It has already happened in 1995 (Humberto, Iris, Jerry, Karen and Luis) and especially in 1971 when there were 6 simultaneous cyclones: Fern on Texas, Edith on Yucatan, Ginger SE of Bermuda, Heidi in eastern Florida, the future Irene as a tropical depression near the Lesser Antilles, a depression near Georgia, and another depression in Africa.
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