On Wednesday evening, the seventeenth named storm of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season formed in the North Atlantic. As of 11am Thursday, Subtropical Storm Rebekah was located about 480 miles WNW of the Azores and had max winds of 45 mph.

The storm isn’t much to look at, and it will be short lived as it moves over increasingly cooler waters and into an area of higher wind shear. It should steadily weaken and lose tropical characteristics before eventually dissipating at some point on Friday.

The hurricane season is winding down fast. November hurricanes are rare due to the onset of cooler ocean temperatures and higher wind shear across the Atlantic basin. Since 1900, there have only been four November hurricane landfalls in the U.S. – the most recent being Hurricane Kate in 1985. The official end of hurricane season is November 30.

Pablo is still a tropical storm with 50 mph winds but is rapidly weakening. It briefly became a hurricane yesterday at 18.3º W, the farthest east an Atlantic named storm has first become a hurricane on record. The previous record was set by Vince in 2005 at 18.9º W.

The convection associated with Pablo has decreased significantly over the past 6 hours. It barely meets the criteria to still be considered a tropical cyclone. Additional weakening is expected as the storm moves over cooler water. Pablo and its remnants will slowly move north over the next day, not affecting any land areas.

A large non tropical low sits several hundred miles west-northwest of the Azores. The system is already generating gale force and hurricane force winds. It may take on some subtropical characteristics over the next few days as it moves south over warmer water. By Friday, conditions become unfavorable for further development as it returns to cooler water.