The early portion of the season was more active than normal, with the earliest 5th named storm Hurricane Elsa on record named July 1st. Basin wide, early season activity is generally not used directly as a predictor for overall seasonal activity as much of the early season activity can be subtropical or related to mid-latitude circulation features.
All years with a hurricane formation in the MDR in June or July have ended with above-normal seasonal activity. Since Hurricane Elsa formed in the deep tropics during July, that is another predictive factor pointing to an above-normal season.
Chelliah, Leading tropical modes associated with interannual and multi-decadal fluctuations in North Atlantic hurricane activity. Climate , 19 , Blake, E. Klotzbach, and G. Bell, Climate factors causing the extremely active Atlantic hurricane season.
Goldenberg, S. Landsea, A. Gray, The recent increase in Atlantic hurricane activity: Causes and implications. Science , , Climate , 9 , Gray, W. Klotzbach, P. Climate , 21 , - Site Map. Search the CPC. Issued: 4 Aug Realtime monitoring of tropical Atlantic conditions Realtime monitoring of tropical East Pacific conditions. Interpretation of NOAA's Atlantic hurricane season outlook: This outlook is a general guide to the expected overall activity during the upcoming hurricane season.
Preparedness: Hurricane-related disasters can occur whether the season is active or relatively quiet. Reasoning behind the outlook The predicted activity reflects a continuation of the Atlantic high-activity era that began in Preparedness for Tropical Storm and Hurricane Landfalls It only takes one storm hitting an area to cause a disaster, regardless of the overall activity for the season. Expected activity NOAA's outlook for the Atlantic Hurricane Season indicates that an above-normal hurricane season is most likely.
Historically, years with early-season activity in this region have a much higher likelihood of being above-normal These expectations are based on extensive monitoring, analysis, and research activities, a suite of statistical prediction tools, and dynamical model forecasts. Long-term conditions and related circulations An inter-related set of atmospheric and oceanic conditions , which is conducive for hurricane development, is now present in the MDR and some features are likely to continue through the peak of the hurricane season August-September-October.
Current Seasonal Activity Sea-surface temperatures over the Atlantic have been slightly below-average and cooler than the global tropics, which is not generally conducive for an active season. Mitigating Factors The early portion of the season was more active than normal, with the earliest 5th named storm Hurricane Elsa on record named July 1st.
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Hurricane Katrina. Written by Aubrey Samost. Predicting the weather has come a long way in just the last century. He has far more sophisticated tools available to him, from satellite images to Doppler radar.
He can make a fairly accurate prediction for the weather up to a week in advance, and yet, with all of this early warning, the coast still sustains a lot of damage whenever a hurricane comes through because there is simply no time to fully prepare.
A meteorologist can only make a guess, and a guess can always be wrong. How do meteorologists predict hurricanes? Hurricane predictions can fall into two categories: seasonal probabilities and the track of a current hurricane.
These two fields are very different in their methods and approaches. Predicting Hurricane Activity in a Season. Every year around April the meteorologist on the news starts talking about how many named storms are predicted for the season and how many hurricanes are expected to make landfall. Scientists can predict the number of named storms and their breakdown by intensity i. They can also predict approximate wind speeds and intensity for sustained winds.
These can be easily calculated using elementary statistics. Compared to past seasons, the sustained wind speed follows the Poisson Distribution with fairly consistent accuracy.
Named storms are typically predicted based on past occurrences and current measures of factors in the climate. At the beginning of the season these are only labeled as probabilities Gray, Scientists cannot say that the third named storm of the season will hit Florida on June 30 th. They can only say that there is a five percent chance of a major hurricane hitting the coast from April to November. Forecasting Hurricane Routes.
Once a hurricane has formed, it can be tracked. Scientists can usually predict its path for days in advance. To predict the path of these storms, meteorologists can use many different models. It is designed as a statistical regression equation based on past data and current climatological data. Today it is used primarily for testing and comparing new models.
They use measurements taken multiple times in a day, and the models themselves are updated every couple of years. When the Bermuda High is weaker, many of these storms recurve northeastward into the North Atlantic before reaching the U. When the Bermuda High is strongest, the storms are steered on a more southerly path toward either Florida or the Gulf of Mexico. So how does this explain why Hurricane Dorian's exact path has been so hard to predict? Because as Dorian moves westward, it moves away from the steering currents of that Bermuda High.
Yes, we've been confident for days that the storm would eventually make a turn to the north. But exactly when has been quite a challenge because the steering currents aloft are so weak.
The computer models have had a field day with this, suggesting all sorts of solutions to our forecast problem. And when the models present lots of different scenarios, we meteorologists have less confidence in the forecast.
But once Dorian gets a little farther northward, an approaching upper level trough will pick it up and accelerate it northeastward. So this gives you a little behind-the-scenes understanding of why hurricanes move the way they do. And by the way, if two hurricanes approach each other and the vortices do a little "dance" around each other, this is called the Fujiwara Effect. Now you know. Local 4 meteorologist Paul Gross was born in Detroit and has spent his entire life and career right here in southeast Michigan.
Paul has researched, written and produced eight half-hour documentaries for WDIV, as well as many science, historical and environmental stories. Watch The Morning Show.
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