Western tropical Atlantic/Caribbean (10-20°N, 85-50°W) vertical wind shear continues to shatter previous records, with average shear in the western Atlantic for the past 30 days >3 kt stronger than any other year in the global satellite era (since 1979). #ElNino pic.twitter.com/KM0elPofXY

— Philip Klotzbach (@philklotzbach) September 3, 2026