Strong wind shear keeps tropics quiet

Hey everyone, I'm meteorologist Valerie Mills. Thanks for logging on to my Fox Hurricane as we inch closer to the official end of the 2026 hurricane season ringing in the start of November with all things quiet across the Atlantic. Still continuing to watch for some very strong areas of wind shear. We see those coming off of the northeast coast. We have these batches of wind shear that cover really a lot of the Atlantic down into the Caribbean and also some of that stronger wind shear off the coast of Africa closer to the Some of the main development region, which at this point in the season, the zones where we typically see storms and hurricanes form continuing to shrink down. So we're about 30 days from the official end of the season that runs through November 30th. Here's what we've seen so far this season. A total of 10 named storms. But look at how many of those storms were fish storms forming out in the open Atlantic, not making landfall and in many cases not lasting very long. I mean, look at the track of Josephine. That briefly popped up, subtropical in nature, and then fizzled out very quickly. Same with Dolly. We saw that for a couple of days, but really did not bring much in the way of any impacts as it drifted toward the Caribbean islands and quickly fizzled out in about a day or so. Where things have been a little bit more impactful this season? Right here along the northern Gulf Coast. That's where we saw four storms form. And, of course, the impactful and the only hurricane of the season, that was Isaias. The storm that formed down in the southwestern Gulf and then it made that curve to the north, eventually making landfall in the Destin, Florida area as a hurricane. And those other three storms did bring some heavy rain and some flooding concerns for portions of the Gulf Coast. Josephine, that was the last named storm of the season that formed right off the east coast. And then Kyle, that's the next name in line. And will we see even a Kyle before we close out the 2026 hurricane season? At this point, it doesn't look very likely, but we'll be watching things for anything to possibly spin up. And we'll keep you updated right here on my Fox hurricane.