Hurricane formation and amplification requires two basic ingredients:

Warm ocean surface temperatures where warm means above 83 degrees.

Lack of shearing winds

When both of those conditions are met over periods of 48-72 hours, hurricanes can easily grow to Cat 5. These conditions, however, are extremely rare.

Nevertheless

How Rare Is this?

Why is this happening?

Potential Nationwide Impact

Statistics of Extreme Weather - A Smoking Gun?

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