Warming Seas And Earlier Hurricanes

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A​tlantic hurricane season is looking a bit unusual right now when compared to what we typically see in mid-October.

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The formation spot of Sean set a record for the tropical Atlantic: Sean developed into a tropical storm Wednesday morning while located in the tropical Atlantic at 33.1 degrees west longitude. That makes it the easternmost-forming named storm on record in this region so late in the season, according to Dr. Phil Klotzbach, a meteorologist at Colorado State University.

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