User blog comment:Bobnekaro/When do you think the Atlantic will have its first major hurricane?/@comment-4074533-20170820235333

Hopefully, the first Atlantic major hurricane will come before September. However, high shear is prevalent across the Atlantic, and given how Harvey (temporarily) fell victim to the environment in the Caribbean, it may be a long shot. Regardless, the first major hurricane does not climatologically form until September 4, and this season has been fairly decent so far. On a side note, Phil Klotzbach's latest two-week Atlantic forecast does note that the ECMWF is predicting a "strong wave" to enter the Atlantic in several days. Could that be our first major?