Quiet for now

All is quiet!! Rina made landfall close to Cozumel a couple of days ago, but considerably weaker than previously forecasted. Rina made landfall as a tropical storm, and weakened shortly after entering the Yucatan Channel. She degenerated into a remnant low pressure soon thereafter.

The Atlantic Season is coming to a close, as we only have one more month to go. November typically brings little to no activity for the Atlantic. I think we may see one or two more disturbances form with one possibly becoming a tropical system possibly gaining the name Sean. Forecasters were considerably hyper on their forecasts this year. October was not as promising as it seems it would be. Two disturbances possibly should have been classified as subtropical or tropical systems, but they were not classified.

As our attention slows down on the Atlantic, Eastern Pacific, and Central Pacific, we start to focus our attention to the southern hemisphere. This is a La Niña year, so expect to see less activity in the Southwest Indian Ocean Basin, and more activity in the South Pacific and Australian regions. We also focus our attention to the North Indian Ocean for the month of November mainly because this is a secondary peak for their year round season, their first peak is typically in May.

That's all for today.

Matt