Wild Weather: Hurricane Kenneth

The Atlantic Basin has been rather quiet late in this year's hurricane season (which runs from late May - November 30th), only producing two named storms in the past month. In fact, the Atlantic Basin has been completely quiet for 10 days now, which is not altogether unexpected, especially as we reach the end of the season.

In the Eastern Pacific, it's a whole other story. While the season overall has been quiet, Hurricane Kenneth is setting records as we speak. Forming out off the western coast of Mexico on the 19th of November, it was the latest forming named storm since 1983. Meanwhile, Kenneth has unexpectedly strengthened into a category 4 major hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, with sustained winds of 145mph, becoming the latest forming major hurricane, and strongest late-season storm since the satellite era began in the 1960s.

Thankfully, Kenneth is forecast to stay away from land and dissipate over the next few days, which is the best news for both concerned citizens and storm watchers, as both win out in this situation.

After the jump: forecast and satellite image for Hurricane Kenneth!

Forecast map as of 1pm PST:

 Satellite image: