And then there are two.
The National Hurricane Center monitors two in the Atlantic: Hurricane Sam and Tropical Storm Victor.
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Dangerous Surfing: Hurricane Sam will remain offshore this weekend, but will continue to cause damaging waves along the East Coast.
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While Sam is expected to remain outside the U. S. In the U. S. , the swell can bring potentially fatal waves and streams of tears to the East Coast over the weekend.
An accumulation of waves and retreat currents is expected along the East Coast of the United States through the weekend. According to AccuWeather, the retreat waves and currents would possibly be strong enough to pose a danger to swimmers from northeast Florida to New England. this weekend.
#L #Sam remains an impressive category four with maximum winds of 1four5 mph. Sam has now been a primary (Category 3) for 5. 5 days, the oldest primary Atlantic since Irma (2017) . pic. twitter. com / TMu5y5BV8K
Sam has a record of another kind. It’s been a primary, with winds of 111 mph or more, since 11 a. m. September 25, according to AccuWeather.
As of noon on Thursday, Sam had maintained his main prestige for 120 consecutive hours or five days.
If Sam maintains this intensity until Sunday morning, the typhoon may take its name from the fifth longest major hurricane to ever sweep the Atlantic.
Further east in the Atlantic is Tropical Storm Victor. Although Victor would possibly do it a little more tonight, it is expected to remain a tropical typhoon before gradually weakening over the weekend.
Here is the NHC update from October 1 at 11:00 a. m. :
Hurricane Sam: Sam is 325 miles southeast of Bermuda or 1,123 miles east of West Palm Beach.
Tropical Storm Victor: Victor is 710 miles west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands or 3,196 miles east of West Palm Beach
Attach a record to *beat* another 2021 has 3 storms behind 2020 History says it’s imaginable to go from 20 to a new record of 31, but to break the record of 30 in 2020, we would at least have to equate to the 2005 record that still stands: maximum storms after September, which is 11. pic. twitter. com/66xlggiSA2
Hurricane Sam: Maximum sustained winds remain close to 150 mph, with high gusts. Sam is a category four hurricane on the saffir-Simpson wind scale. Although fluctuations in intensity are still imaginable today, a weakening is expected in the coming days. Sam is expected to remain a major hurricane until at least Saturday night.
Hurricane-force winds outward up to 60 miles from the center and tropical storm force winds outward up to 205 miles.
Tropical Storm Victor: Maximum sustained winds above nearly 65 mph, with high gusts. Today a small replenishment of strength is expected. Over the weekend, Victor is expected to slowly weaken and winds of the strength of a tropical typhoon are expected to increase up to 140 miles.
Hurricane Sam: It is possible to imagine tropical typhoon situations over Bermuda starting tonight or early Saturday morning.
The swells generated through Sam will have an effect on the northern Leeward Islands and the Greater Antilles, adding Puerto Rico, in the coming days. The storm surge is expected to succeed in Bermuda and the Bahamas this afternoon, then spread to the east coast of the United States and Atlantic Canada on Saturday.
Tropical Storm Victor: It is not expected to have an effect on land.
Meteorologists urge all citizens to keep tracking the tropics and be prepared during what deserves to be an active hurricane season.
These graphs, which are automatically updated, show you activity in the tropics in real time:
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