AccuWeather: Don surpassed Bret as the storm with the most Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) so far in the 2023 Atlantic season, according to data from Colorado State University. The 2023 season is also pacing ahead of the historical average when it comes to ACE, which is a metric forecasters use to quantity both an individual storm’s intensity and the collective intensity for all storms that roam the basin.

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