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Learn about Hurricane Julia's origins, its impact, and its place in the history of tropical storms and hurricanes.

Water. so the energy source is there. that part of the equation is strong enough to support a category 5 every year at this time of year. what we don't know is what the wind shear is going to do. that can shear apart the top of the thunderstorms. they take all that moisture and energy and lift it into the atmosphere. if it gets blown away, the storm can't build on itself. that was the forecast four, five, six days ago. we knew we had a storm forming. it's october. typical to get storms in the western caribbean moving into the gulf. wilma did it. many other examples. the wind shear wasn't the m...