𝔼𝕩-ℍ𝕦𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕖 𝕂𝕚𝕣𝕜: ℙ𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕊𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕀𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕎𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝔼𝕦𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕜

North Atlantic hurricane season 2024 is particularly busy with tropical systems this month, with multiple systems ongoing. One system caught our attention as it turned towards Europe—a major hurricane Kirk. It is forecast to accelerate across the North Atlantic and become an intense post-tropical storm, impacting France, the northwestern tip of Spain, and the UK.

After Monday, the system will accelerate across the North Atlantic and head for Europe’s impact. A gradual transition into an extratropical storm is expected Monday night when hurricane Kirk will be moving eastward to the north of the Azores.

Kirk will continue as an intense post-tropical storm after Monday and reach NW Spain and France by Wednesday and Thursday.

Given the system’s significant tropical origin, its impact could be severe for France and even further inland across Benelux and Germany Wednesday night.

Hurricane Kirk is racing towards Europe as we speak but will lose its tropical characteristics in the next few hours. It is still expected to be a powerful extratropical cyclone when it makes landfall along France’s western coast midweek. pic.twitter.com/pvzbRrdURW

— Nahel Belgherze (@WxNB_) October 6, 2024

Hurricane #Kirk continues to track toward Europe & will transition to a non-tropical storm over the next several days. However, the storm will spread strong wind gusts & heavy rain from #France & northern #Spain to northern #Germany & the Benelux region Wednesday & Thursday. pic.twitter.com/BNJwmxI4Ii

— Jason Nicholls 💙 (@jnmet) October 6, 2024

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