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ACTUAL: TWENTY NAMED STORMS; 10 HURRICANES
2013 ATLANTIC BASIN HURRICANE SEASON
LOOKING BACK AT 2012
ACTUAL STORMS EXCEEDED THE FORECAST
FORECAST: 15 NAMED STORMS
WITH 4-8
BECOMING HURRICANES
NAMED STORMS IN 2012
• ALBERTO - Tropical storm; May 19
• BERYL - Tropical storm; May 27
• CHRIS – Hurricane; June 21
• DEBBY – Tropical storm; June 23• ERNESTO –Hurricane; Aug 3
• FLORENCE –Tropical storm: Aug 5
• GORDON –Hurricane, August 16
NAMED STORMS FOR 2012
• HELENE –Tropical Storm, Aug. 19
• ISAAC – Hurricane, August 21
• JOYCE –Tropical Storm, Aug. 25
• KIRK –Tropical Storm. Aug. 27• LESLIE –Hurricane, Sept. 5
• MICHAEL –Hurricane, Sept. 5
• NADINE – Hurricane, Sept. 12
NAMED STORMS IN 2012
• OSCAR – Tropical Storm; Oct. 4
• PATTY – Tropical Storm; Oct. 11
• RAFAEL – Hurricane; October 12
• SANDY– Super Hurricane; October 22
• TONY – Tropical Storm; Oct. 24
SANDY: OCTOBER 24
Sandy, 2012’s ninth hurricane, became a huge storm with wind and rain bands reaching out 500 km or more from the
storm center, produced 15-50 cm of rain and flooding in Jamaica, Bermuda, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba, New Jersey,
and New York
CAT I HURRICANE SANDY: OCTOBER 24
SANDY: RAIN IN HAITI
SANDY REACHES HAVANA. CUBA: OCTOBER 25
SANDY: RAIN IN CUBA
SANDY: RAIN BEGINS IN FT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA; OCT. 26
OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND
REHOBOTH BEACH, DELAWARE: OCT. 29
SUPER STORM SANDY: OCT. 29-30, 2012
$360 MILLION STORM SURGE, NEW HAVEN, CT: OCT. 30
FLOODING IN BROOKLYN
NEW JERSEY: ATLANTIC CITY UNDER WATER
NEW JERSEY: OCEAN FRONT FLOODING
NEW JERSEY: STREET FLOODING
LOOKING AHEAD TO 2013
NAMES OF 2013’S STORMS
• ANDREA - Tropical storm; June 5
• BARRY - Tropical storm; June 19
• CHANTAL –
• DORIAN – • ERIN –
• FERNAND –
• GABRIELLE –
NAMES OF 2013’S STORMS
• HUMBERTO –
• INGRID –
• JERRY –
• KAREN – • LORENZO –
• MELISSA –
• NESTOR –
NAMES OF 2013’S STORMS
• OLGA –
• PABLO –
• REBEKAH –
• SEBASTIEN – • TANYA –
• VAN --
• WENDY --
FORECAST OF THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
ADMINISTRATION
FORECAST: 18-20 NAMED STORMS
WITH 7-10
BECOMING HURRICANES
TROPICAL STORM ANDREA ---
FIRST STORM OF 2013 SEASON
ANDREA: HUNE 5, 2013
TROPICAL STORM BARRY ---
SECOND STORM OF 2012 SEASON
BARRY: JUNE 19, 2013