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Why Are so Many 2025 Atlantic Storms Turning Away From the US?

On Friday, the National Hurricane Center tracked two storms—Tropical Storm Jerry near the northern Leeward Islands and Subtropical Storm Karen in the northern Atlantic—and said neither threatened the United States.
A dip in the jet stream called a trough has been steering tropical systems away from the United States since August, earlier than the typical late September into October pattern.
Satellite and reconnaissance data indicate that Tropical Storm Jerry is about 110 miles north of the northern Leeward Islands, moving northwest at 17 mph and could drop 2 to 6 inches of rain, while Subtropical Storm Karen has 45 mph winds about 570 miles north-northwest of the Azores and is expected to become post-tropical on Saturday.
The National Weather Service warned a non-tropical coastal storm will bring tropical-storm-like effects from the Carolinas to possibly New England this weekend, and tropical storm warnings remain for St. Barthelemy, St. Martin and Sint Maarten.
The Atlantic hurricane season runs through Nov. 30, and Jerry is weakening from 65 mph to 50 mph as it turns north, moving away from the Leeward Islands.

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