Hopefully this isn't a 'stupid' question, but I've noticed over the ten years I've lived in Southeastern North Carolina - especially starting around 2018 or so - that there have been a number of tropical disturbances, depressions and even a couple of tropical storms that formed off our coast.
Granted, these storms did not impact us directly aside from rough surf conditions, and eventually moved out over the ocean and away from land, but I'm confused as to why this keeps happening, being more used to the stereotypical hurricane or tropical storm forming from an easterly wave off the coast of Africa and then moving towards land.
Is this something that has happened before - as in farther back in the past - or is this a new pattern?
Granted, these storms did not impact us directly aside from rough surf conditions, and eventually moved out over the ocean and away from land, but I'm confused as to why this keeps happening, being more used to the stereotypical hurricane or tropical storm forming from an easterly wave off the coast of Africa and then moving towards land.
Is this something that has happened before - as in farther back in the past - or is this a new pattern?