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On September 13, 2026, The Weather Channel's hurricane-season tracking coverage, updated at 2:31 p.m. EDT, highlighted Tropical Storm Norbert in the Pacific as the main active named system being watched, alongside a newly flagged area of interest in the Atlantic. The tracker surveyed conditions across the tropics from the international date line to the coast of Africa, mapping sea-surface temperatures, wind shear and plumes of dry, dust-laden Saharan air that can inhibit storm formation. The update mattered because mid-September is the climatological peak of both the Atlantic and eastern Pacific hurricane seasons, when forecasters monitor multiple basins simultaneously for systems that could threaten land. Norbert's presence in the Pacific contrasted with an unusually inactive Atlantic, where no hurricane had yet formed in 2026. Meteorologists noted that high wind shear and intrusions of dry air were among the factors suppressing tropical cyclone organization in the Atlantic basin at the time.