Matthew Cappucci

Ever heard of miniswirls, roll vortices and mesovortices? They’re found in strong hurricanes.

I was sitting in the middle of a 10-mile-wide stadium of the gods. On all sides, hulking thunderstorms towered high above. Just miles in any direction, a hellish-monster creating unsurvivable conditions.

Tornado season doesn’t just happen in the spring. There’s a secondary maximum in the fall.

The tornado had winds over 200 mph, but it turns out that’s not especially rare.

The coastal storm is expected to bring days of rain, wind, rough surf and beach erosion along hundreds of miles from Florida to Long Island and southern New England.

Feeling like fall with low humidity and a cool breeze today. Warming up by the weekend but still nice.

The season will officially begin Monday at 2:19 p.m. Eastern time, the exact moment of the autumnal equinox.

The system is struggling over the Atlantic, but it could become a hurricane by this weekend.

About 2 to 4 inches of rain will be common near and north of where the storm comes ashore. Some places may see as much as 6 inches.

A clump of thunderstorms could turn into a named storm by the weekend. The next storm will be named Gabrielle.