2020 just won’t let up. Tropical Storm Zeta is growing in strength and nearing hurricane strength as it churns in the western Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center is predicting Zeta could become a hurricane later this morning and may grow in strength before it hits Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula later today.
Hurricane Florence as it made landfall on September 14, 2018. Source: NOAA GOES-East By Sarah Gibbens Maps by Brian T. Jacobs Published December 20, 2018 Over the span of just 70 days, 22 major hurricanes struck land around the Northern Hemisphere in 2018. They began earlier, continued later, and some took unexpected paths before hitting land.
What was the name of the hurricane in September 2018?
Sept. 1: A weather system in the Atlantic becomes a tropical storm and is named Florence. Sept. 4: Tropical Storm Florence grows into a hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, becoming the third hurricane to form during the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season.
The next thing we wondered was, when did Hurricane Chris become a hurricane in 2018?
It became a hurricane July 10 — the second hurricane in the 2018 season. Chris strengthened to a category 2 but was then downgraded to a tropical storm by July 12. Briefly, there was overlap in the tropics with Hurricane Beryl and Tropical Storm Chris. Maximum sustained winds reached 105 mph during its July 6-12 span.
Two days later, Helene became the fourth hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic season, eventually strengthening to a category 2 storm. Briefly, there was overlap in the tropics with Hurricane Florence, Tropical Storm Isaac and Hurricane Helene.
When I was reading we ran into the inquiry “How many hurricanes were in the 2018 Atlantic season?”.
The 2018 Atlantic hurricane season officially concludes on November 30, and will be remembered most for hurricanes Florence and Michael, which caused significant damage in the southeastern U. S. In total, the season produced 15 named storms, including eight hurricanes.
How are hurricane names selected?
Hurricanes start out as tropical depressions. Once a tropical storm develops, it earns a name from the list. The names are selected in the order of the list, alternating between male and female names.
When I was writing we ran into the query “What are the names of all the Hurricanes?”.
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How do Hurricanes get their names?
Hurricanes are assigned names for the purpose of public safety, Clare Nullis, a spokesperson for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), told Live Science in an email. It’s easier for the media to publicize a storm and increase interest in warnings when a storm has a name, according to the WMO.
— — Hurricanes names are chosen from a list selected by the World Meteorological Organization. There are six separate lists of names for Atlantic Ocean storms, with one list used each year. In 1953, the National Weather Service picked up on the habit of Naval meteorologists of naming the storms after women.