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    Rapidly intensifying Hurricane Erin becomes historic storm due to strengthening

    Michael ComaousBy Michael ComaousAugust 17, 2025No Comments2 Mins Read0 Views
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    Erin’s central pressure was in the 990s this time yesterday, and it’s now in the 920’s heading for the teens.

    This will make Erin the fastest deepening Atlantic hurricane before Sept 1st. Beating Emily 2005, by a lot.

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    — Sam Lillo (@samlillo.bsky.social) August 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM

    With a central pressure of 917 mb on Saturday, Erin ranks as the second-most intense Atlantic in the last 50 years prior to today’s date, behind only Hurricane Allen in 1980.

    Rapid intensification becoming more common

    Storms like Erin are predicted to become more common due to climate change, scientists say. One study in 2019 found that, for the strongest 5 percent of Atlantic hurricanes, 24-hour intensification rates increased by about 3–4 mph per decade from 1982 to 2009. “Our results suggest a detectable increase of Atlantic intensification rates with a positive contribution from anthropogenic forcing,” the authors of the study, in Nature Communications, wrote.

    Hurricane scientists generally agree that although the overall number of tropical storms and hurricanes may not increase in a warmer world, such background conditions are likely to produce more intense storms like Erin.

    According to the US government’s Climate.gov website, this increase in intensity of tropical cyclones (TCs) is happening due to human-caused climate change.

    “The proportion of severe TCs (Category 4 & 5) has increased, possibly due to anthropogenic climate change,” a coalition of authors wrote. “This proportion of intense TCs is projected to increase further, bringing a greater proportion of storms having more damaging wind speeds, higher storm surges, and more extreme rainfall rates. Most climate model studies project a corresponding reduction in the proportion of low-intensity cyclones, so the total number of TCs each year is projected to decrease or remain approximately the same.”

    To date this year the tropical Atlantic has seen lower overall activity than usual. But with Erin’s longevity and intensity this season should soon reach and surpass normal levels of Accumulated Cyclone Energy, a measurement of a season’s total activity. The Atlantic season typically peaks in early September, with the majority of storms forming between early August and early October.

    Forecast models indicate the likely development of more hurricanes within the next two weeks, but there is no clear consensus on whether they will impact land.

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