An unusual October hurricane rages in the Atlantic

There will be no rest for the weary this week as hurricane activity continues to increase across the Atlantic basin.

Meteorologists are monitoring several areas of interest for tropical development over the next few days, including a new tropical depression that could strengthen into a major hurricane by the end of the week.

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An unusual October hurricane is being planned

A new tropical depression formed in the Far Eastern Atlantic on Sunday.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) expects Tropical Depression Twelve to gradually strengthen into a hurricane by Tuesday night or Wednesday, moving northwest toward the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

When the depression develops into a tropical storm, it is named Kirk. This would be the eleventh named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season and the seventh storm to develop into a hurricane.

Not only is the system on track to become a hurricane, it is also likely to become a major hurricane by the end of the week, the NHC said Sunday. It is unusual for a major hurricane to form this far east in the Atlantic in October.