FOX 13 Meteorologist Jim Weber is keeping an eye on the tropics with just four days left in the 2024 Hurricane Season. He says strong winds in the western Caribbean, portions of the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico are not conducive for development.

This is the last week of a truly shitty Atlantic hurricane season. It was record-breaking. People are still recovering. Misinformation managed to make things even worse. Now, we get a six-month-ish break before it starts over again — perhaps with fewer federal resources to respond in the US.

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season still reached "hyperactive" levels, despite not quite reaching the lofty forecasts for record-breaking activity given in the spring.

So far, the 2024 season has produced 18 named storms, 11 of which developed into hurricanes, including five major hurricanes at Category 3 or greater.

The Atlantic hurricane season officially ends on Saturday, Nov. 30. It was a season that left its mark in the record books in many ways, including the earliest Category 5 on record and a catastrophic storm that changed the landscape of North Carolina forever.

T he hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30, will end this week. It produced 18 named storms with winds over 39 miles per hour. Of these, eleven were hurricanes,