Lo and behold, it’s already time for waxing autumnally, atmospherically-speaking. Most weather agencies now accept Sept. 1 as the official meteorological start to fall. May the September equinox thing be damned.
The calendar flip also marks the height of hurricane times.
It is worthy of weather chat that we are exiting one of the quietest tropical Augusts ever seen. This comes on the heels of Augusts gone gonzo with ’cane activity. Kinda weird.
While it has no scientific merit, one can always fear that such quietude could disguise a cyclonic onslaught to come, as the tropics make up for lost…
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