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The National Hurricane Center ( NHC) is the division of the United States' NOAA / National Weather Service responsible for tracking and predicting tropical weather systems between the Prime Meridian and the 140th meridian west poleward to the 30th parallel north in the northeast Pacific Ocean and the 31st parallel north in the northern Atlantic ...
The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season was the third-most active Atlantic hurricane season on record in terms of number of tropical cyclones, although many of them were weak and short-lived. With 21 named storms forming, it became the second season in a row and third overall in which the designated 21-name list of storm names was exhausted.
An Atlantic hurricane is a type of tropical cyclone that forms in the Atlantic Ocean primarily between June and November. [1] The terms "hurricane", "typhoon", and "cyclone" can be used interchangeably to describe this weather phenomenon. These storms are rotating, organized systems of clouds and thunderstorms that originate over tropical or ...
NOAA is now expecting 14 to 21 named storms, meaning a sustained wind speed of at least 39 mph. Six to 11 of those could become hurricanes, with winds of 74 mph or more, and two to five could ...
There have been only 10 named storms in December since 1950. The National Hurricane Center’s tropics map at 7:30 a.m. Dec. 8, 2022, shows a disturbance in the central subtropical Atlantic that ...
The National Hurricane Center is tracking several systems in the Atlantic basin, including a new one east of Florida, according to the latest advisory.. While environmental conditions are ...
Preceding Wilma is Hurricane Gilbert, which had also held the record for most intense Atlantic hurricane for 17 years. [63] The 1935 Labor Day hurricane, with a pressure of 892 mbar (hPa; 26.34 inHg), is the third strongest Atlantic hurricane and the strongest documented tropical cyclone prior to 1950. [11]
Lee is the 12th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30. ... — National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) September 6, ... (NWS/NOAA) Hurricane Jova ...