![]() ![]() The table below summarizes the predicted number of tropical storm events for 2022 by five different organizations: AccuWeather, CSU, NOAA, NCSU, and TSR. All these factors are expected to enhance an above-average North Atlantic hurricane season. A third factor contributing to the expected increased activity is an enhanced West African Monsoon, which supports stronger African Easterly Waves that, in turn, seed many of the strongest, dummy longest-lived hurricanes. In addition, it is expected that tropical North Atlantic and Caribbean Sea waters remain slightly warmer than normal by August-September 2022. Overall, the observed SST anomaly pattern (in this case, anomalous warmth in the subtropical eastern Atlantic and in the Caribbean in March) dummy correlates relatively well with what is typically observed in active Atlantic hurricane seasons. ![]() SSTs in the tropical Atlantic are currently near to slightly below normal, while they are well above normal in the Caribbean and in the subtropical North Atlantic. The latest statistical and dynamical dummy ENSO model outcome from NOAA shows at least a 50% chance of La Niña conditions persisting during the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. However, it seems unlikely El Niño conditions will occur during 2022’s hurricane season. It is likely these conditions will continue or revert to neutral ENSO during the summer/fall (see ‘What is the El-Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO)?’). In total, 94 names have now been retired from the Atlantic basin list since 1953.ĭuring early 2022, the tropical Pacific Ocean has been characterized by weak La Niña conditions (which are also responsible for the abnormally dummy high flood activity in Eastern Australia and the drought in California in February 2022 ). For the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, dummy the WMO has retired Ida. Tropical cyclones that are very destructive or deadly can be retired by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) from future Atlantic tropical cyclone name lists, which are otherwise repeated every six years. The estimated damage caused by Ida ($65bn) makes it the dummy fifth costliest tropical cyclone on record and the fourth costliest Atlantic hurricane in US history. Grand Isle, Louisiana, took a direct hit with dummy up to 100% of its homes damaged and almost 40% destroyed.Īs the remnants of Ida moved into the north-east US, it merged with a frontal system creating severe weather, multiple rainfall records in various locations, and flash flooding across a wide region from eastern Pennsylvania to New York. Following rapid intensification over the Gulf of Mexico, fueled by an SST of 30-31☌ and the warm Loop Current eddy, Ida reached its peak Category 4 intensity before making landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana. After passing Grand Cayman, Ida quickly strengthened and became a hurricane, before moving over western Cuba. Įven before it became a tropical depression, Ida caused considerable flash flooding in Venezuela. In total, the insured losses due to tropical cyclones in the US in 2021 dummy amount to $38bn. Three events generated dummy more than $1bn in damage : Hurricane Elsa ($1.2bn) Tropical Storm Fred ($1bn) and Hurricane Ida ($65bn).Sam also generated the fifth most accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) for a single Atlantic named storm in the satellite era. In late September, Hurricane Sam was a dummy major hurricane for 7.75 days (the fourth highest number of consecutive days at major hurricane strength since 1966, tied with Hurricane Edouard in 1996).Elsa became a hurricane at 59.8°W – the farthest east a hurricane had formed this early in the calendar year in the tropics since 1933. Hurricane Elsa became the earliest hurricane in the Caribbean Sea (forming in early July), as well as the dummy earliest-forming fifth named storm (five days ahead of the previous record held by 2020’s Tropical Storm Edouard).For the first time ever, two consecutive hurricane seasons exhausted the list of 21 storm names.The 2021 season started early (May 22), making it the seventh consecutive year a storm formed before the season’s official start on June 1.It was the sixth consecutive year that the Atlantic hurricane season was above average.The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season was the third most active season on record (behind 20), as well as the third costliest season.Florida has been affected by 113 hurricanes, which is more than any other U.S. Hurricane-force winds are over 74 mph (118 km/h). This is a list of hurricanes that have caused hurricane-force winds in Florida. ![]() Hurricane Andrew, which was one of Florida's worst hurricanes ![]()
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