Along with the anticipation of an extremely busy Atlantic hurricane season, AccuWeather meteorologists are greatly concerned that conditions over much of the basin could have a significant number of storms that undergo rapid intensification. Where this occurs as storms approach land could greatly add to the risk to lives and property.
Rapidly intensifying tropical storms and hurricanes are especially dangerous because they can give the public less time to prepare and catch people off guard. Here's why AccuWeather meteorologists are concerned for 2024.AccuWeather hurricane experts are concerned that storms could rapidly intensify during the 2024 hurricane season due to high ocean temperatures, low wind shear, and abundant moisture.
Sea-surface temperatures across the Atlantic Basin have never been higher in recorded history for this date than they are right now, DaSilva said. Generally, the ocean will continue to be warmed by the sun through August and into early September, aside from some temporary cool eddies that may develop.
"There is a patch in the Caribbean, near Jamaica, where 80-degree water reaches a depth of 600 feet this week," DaSilva said. Another striking example of rapid intensification is Eastern Pacific Hurricane Otis from 2023. Otis underwent tremendous strengthening from a Category 1 hurricane at 7 a.m. CDT on Oct. 24 to a Category 5, 165-mph hurricane a mere 15 hours later at 10 p.m. Otis struck just west of Acapulco, Mexico, as a Category 5 storm during the early-morning hours of Oct. 25. At least 50 people lost their lives with at least 30 missing.
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