Meet Hurricane Chris! Another storm from the 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season, Chris formed on July 6 and lasted till July 17.  Think I'm making this storm up? I'd never do that to you! Chris formed, peaked and dissipated during the heart of the 2018 summer, and while you may have forgotten about him, he reached hurricane status nevertheless.

Hurricane Chris did, though, take his sweet time getting his act together as he sorta meandered around the Gulf Stream 345 miles southeast of the Outer Banks. That Gulf Stream certainly helped provide the warm water necessary for Chris to truly become its tropical self.  But Chris was indecisive. It stalled, churning up cooler water, and weakening.
It wasn't until a second kick in the atmospheric pants that Chris got moving again and began strengthening over the Gulf Stream, peaking as a category 2 storm with 105mph winds on July 11. And that was sorta it. Chris raced to the north making landfall in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia before dissipating near Iceland. Chris's biggest impacts were the large waves and rip currents along the East Coast.
So where is Chris now? What if I told you he hasn't moved far from where he dissipated?  But that is just the beginning of Chris's story. A story full of family expectations, estrangement, and a journey for meaning.
Host/Producer: Tom Di Liberto
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