Dorian Isn’t Moving Because the Upper Atmosphere Is Too Calm

Dorian Isn’t Moving Because the Upper Atmosphere Is Too Calm
In this NOAA GOES-East satellite handout image, Hurricane Dorian, now a Cat. 4 storm, moves slowly past Grand Bahama Island on Sept. 2, 2019 in the Atlantic Ocean. NOAA via Getty Images
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Powerful Hurricane Dorian has been going nowhere because nothing high up is making it budge.

It may sound strange when talking about a storm that once had 185 mph (298 kph) winds, but it’s actually been too calm high in the atmosphere. While this has been horrible for the Bahamas, where the storm’s pounding has been relentless, it may help spare Florida a bit, meteorologists said.