{"id":84255,"date":"2023-12-20T13:15:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T17:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carilec.org\/?p=84255"},"modified":"2023-12-20T15:12:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T19:12:11","slug":"2023-atlantic-hurricane-season-ranks-4th-for-most-named-storms-in-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/2023-atlantic-hurricane-season-ranks-4th-for-most-named-storms-in-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season Ranks 4th for Most-Named Storms in a Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

NOAA advances modeling and observation capabilities during the season<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The above-normal 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, which officially ends on Nov. 30, was characterized by record-warm Atlantic sea surface temperatures and a strong El Nino.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Atlantic basin saw 20 named storms in 2023, which ranks fourth for the most-named storms in a year since 1950. Seven storms were hurricanes and three intensified to major hurricanes. An average season has 14 named storms, seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes.<\/p>\n

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The Atlantic basin saw 20 named storms in 2023, ranking 4th for most-named storms in a year.\u00a0Tropical cyclone names are selected by the World Meteorological Organization.\u00a0<\/span>(Image credit: NOAA)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hurricane Idalia was the only U.S. landfalling hurricane in 2023. It made landfall as a category-3 hurricane on Aug. 30 near Keaton Beach, Florida, causing storm surge inundation of 7 to 12 feet and widespread rainfall flooding in Florida and throughout the southeast.<\/p>\n

Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall as a strong tropical storm with 70 mph winds on Emerald Isle, North Carolina, on Sept. 23 causing widespread heavy rainfall, gusty winds and significant river and storm surge flooding in portions of eastern North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Hurricane Lee made landfall as a post-tropical cyclone in Nova Scotia, Canada, on Sept. 16. Swells generated by Lee caused dangerous surf and rip currents along the entire U.S. Atlantic coast. Strong winds with hurricane\u2011force gusts from Lee caused extensive power outages in Maine and in parts of Canada.<\/p>\n

The 2023 Atlantic seasonal activity fell within the\u00a0NOAA Climate Prediction Center\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0predicted ranges for named storms and hurricanes in the\u00a0August updated outlook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Atlantic basin produced the most named storms of any El Nino influenced year in the modern record,\u201d said Matthew Rosencrans, lead hurricane forecaster at NOAA\u2019s Climate Prediction Center \u2014 a division of NOAA\u2019s National Weather Service. \u201cThe record-warm ocean temperatures in the Atlantic provided a strong counterbalance to the traditional El Nino impacts.\u201d<\/p>\n

The eastern Pacific basin hurricane season was also above normal with 17 named storms, of which 10 were hurricanes and eight of those major hurricanes. From Aug. 16 to 21, Tropical Storm Hilary brought widespread heavy rainfall and flooding to Southern California, with some areas receiving up to 600% of their normal August rainfall. Hilary resulted in the first ever issuance of Tropical Storm Watches and Warnings for the Southern California coastline by NOAA\u2019s National Hurricane Center. In addition, the Center distributed key hazard focused messages for Hilary in Spanish through the agency\u2019s new\u00a0language translation project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hurricane Otis made landfall near Acapulco, Mexico, on Oct. 25 as a category-5 hurricane with sustained winds of 165 mph. Otis holds the record as the strongest landfalling hurricane in the eastern Pacific after undergoing rapid intensification in which wind speeds increased by 115 mph in 24 hours.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0central Pacific basin had a near-normal season<\/a>\u00a0with four tropical systems traversing the basin. Hurricane Dora, a category-4 storm, passed south of Hawaii in early August, marking the first major hurricane in the central Pacific basin since 2020. The strong gradient between a high pressure system to the north and Dora to the south was a contributing factor to the wind-driven, fast-moving wildfires in Hawaii.<\/p>\n

Hurricane season activity for the\u00a0eastern Pacific<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0central Pacific<\/a>\u00a0fell within predicted ranges.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother active hurricane season comes to a close where hazards from the storms extended well inland from the landfall location,\u201d said NOAA National Hurricane Center Director Michael Brennan, Ph.D.\u00a0 \u201cThis underscores the importance of having a plan to stay safe whether you’re at the coast or inland.\u201d<\/p>\n

NOAA\u2019s new\u00a0Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System<\/a>\u00a0helped\u00a0National Hurricane Center\u00a0<\/a>forecasters improve intensity predictions this season. NOAA\u2019s intensity forecasts showed Hurricane Idalia as a major hurricane impacting the coast of Florida as early as Aug. 28. This lead time gave those in threatened areas more time to prepare and respond, and there were no storm surge fatalities from Idalia despite storm surge inundation of as much as 12 feet above ground level in some areas. Further, extending the National Hurricane Center\u2019s tropical weather outlook product from five to seven days, this season provided emergency managers more time to prepare and stage resources before a storm.<\/p>\n

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NOAA\u2019s hurricane research and response<\/strong><\/p>\n

This season,\u00a0NOAA Hurricane Hunter<\/a>\u00a0aircraft flew 468 mission hours to collect atmospheric data that is critical to hurricane forecasting and\u00a0research<\/a>, passing through the eye of a hurricane 120 times and deploying over 1,400 scientific instruments. Since 2020 through this 2023 season, NOAA\u2019s two Lockheed WP-3D Orion have flown 40% more hurricane mission flights than the preceding four years (2016-2019).<\/p>\n

NOAA celebrated the first operational launch of a\u00a0Black Swift drone<\/a>\u00a0from a NOAA WP-3D Orion to gather atmospheric data in and around Hurricane Tammy. Further, the first successful coordination of a low-flying drone (Anduril\u2019s\u00a0Altius 600<\/a>), atmospheric profilers (dropsondes), and ocean profilers (bathythermographs) also launched from a NOAA WP-3D Orion. Observations and information from these deployments are being evaluated to determine the feasibility of using the data to help with hurricane forecasting in the future.<\/p>\n

NOAA\u2019s Beechcraft King Air flew 28 mission hours to collect aerial imagery used for emergency response after Hurricanes\u00a0Idalia<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Lee<\/a>. Following Hurricane Idalia, NOAA’s\u00a0National Ocean Service<\/a>\u00a0provided support to enable safe maritime navigation, gathering survey data for 36.8 linear nautical miles and identifying 29 potential obstructions along Florida\u2019s coastal waterways. NOAA also worked to identify hazards caused by capsized vessels, damaged docks and piers, parts of homes and other types of marine debris, and shared findings with Florida’s debris task force following Hurricane Idalia.<\/p>\n

NOAA\u2019s geostationary and polar-orbiting weather satellites<\/a>\u00a0provided vital information for monitoring and forecasting the hurricanes and tropical weather that threatened our lives and property this season. Forecasters used one-minute geostationary satellite imagery to assess structure changes during the rapid intensity of storms such as Idalia, Lee and Otis.<\/p>\n

NOAA\u2019s polar-orbiting satellites orbit the Earth from pole to pole 14 times a day, providing full global coverage twice daily. Throughout the hurricane season, these satellites made sophisticated and precise observations of the atmosphere, ocean and land, which were critical to developing daily and 3-5 day forecasts.<\/p>\n

The National Hurricane Center and\u00a0Central Pacific Hurricane Center<\/a>\u00a0Tropical Cyclone Reports for 2023, including synoptic history, meteorological statistics, casualties and damages, and the post-analysis best track, will be published on the\u00a02023 Tropical Cyclone Report site<\/a>\u00a0in March 2024.<\/p>\n

NOAA\u2019s\u00a0Climate Prediction Center<\/a>, a division of the National Weather Service, will issue its 2024 hurricane seasonal outlook in May 2024. The hurricane season officially begins on June 1.
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