This hurricane season feels slower than usual. What factors are at play here?

Jill C. Trepanier

Jill C. Trepanier

Professor and Department Chair

We’re actually right on track for the number of storms we typically see at this time of year. I think it feels more noticeable because we haven’t had a major landfalling event yet. That’s thanks to the position of something called the subtropical high in the North Atlantic Ocean, which is currently directing most of them toward the open ocean.