Sept. 10 marks the annual peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. While the 2025 season has been relatively quiet so far , ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith breaks down why that is and what the outlook for September and October could look like.

Up to this point, several different environmental conditions have prevented tropical storms from forming across the Atlantic. Factors like wind shear and Saharan dust have been the top influences as to why the tropics have been quiet compared to recent memory. Then, when storms formed, like Hurricane Erin and tropical storms Dexter and Fernand, those developed in the Atlantic and stayed there, traveling around the strong Bermuda High. But there's another atmospheric influence that could also account for the recent lull in activity, and that's the MJ

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