The 2016 Atlantic hurricane season
officially came to an end yesterday. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1st through
November 30th.
Current 2016 Tropical Cyclone
Totals:
Total depressions 16
Named Storms: 15
Hurricanes: 7
Major Hurricanes: 3
Hurricanes: 7
Major Hurricanes: 3
U.S. Landfalls: 5
US major landfalls 0
My Seasonal 2016 Hurricane Forecast:
Named storms: 13-18
Hurricanes: 7-10
Major Hurricanes: 3-5
Land falling tropical cyclones: 3-5, at least one will be a major hurricane.
Hurricanes: 7-10
Major Hurricanes: 3-5
Land falling tropical cyclones: 3-5, at least one will be a major hurricane.
The 2016 Atlantic season was
noteworthy for several reasons.
The Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE)
index for the 2016 Hurricane Season is 132.5
The first storm of the Atlantic hurricane
season was Hurricane Alex, which formed on January 12. Alex was only the third
January hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean.
The last storm of the season,
Hurricane Otto, ran its course in the final weeks of November. Hurricane Otto became
the latest hurricane on record to form in the Caribbean Sea. Otto also went
farther south than any other late-season storm, striking South America.
The 2016 Atlantic Hurricane season lasted for
11 months, that makes it is the longest hurricane season on record.
That 11-month span between the first
and last storms of the season make 2016 the longest Atlantic hurricane season
on record.
The season was the most active
season in years with more named storms than any year since 2012.
The season ended with 15 named
storms (12 is normal), These 15 storms were named: Alex; Bonnie; Colin; Danielle;
Earl; Fiona; Gaston; Hermine; Ian; Julia; Karl; Lisa; Matthew; Nicole, and
Otto.
A total of seven hurricanes (Alex, Earl,
Gaston, Hermine, Matthew, Nicole, Otto) and three major hurricanes (Gaston, Matthew,
Nicole).
The strongest and longest-lived
storm of the season was Matthew, which reached maximum sustained winds of 160
miles per hour and lasted as a major hurricane for eight days. Matthew was the
first category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic since Felix in 2007.
A total of Five named storms made
landfall in the continental United
States during 2016, the most since 2008 when six storms struck.
The Northeast and New England were
pretty much spared this year, we just got brushed by Hermine, with some rain and
a little wind.
I think I nailed my hurricane outlook...... I only missed in the major landfalling category.....which I missed by only 10 miles on the East Coast of Florida from Major Hurricane Matthew.
I think I nailed my hurricane outlook...... I only missed in the major landfalling category.....which I missed by only 10 miles on the East Coast of Florida from Major Hurricane Matthew.
How do you think I did?
