Monday, September 18, 2017

2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season Rivaling Other Historically Active Years

As measured by the number of storms, hurricanes, major hurricanes and longevity, 2017 is quickly climbing the list of notorious Atlantic seasons.
More than one-third of an average Atlantic hurricane season is left.
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season is now pushing up the ranks of most active seasons on record, thanks to a frenetic stretch of long-lived, destructive hurricanes since mid-August.
(MORE: Hurricane Central)
As of Monday, 13 named storms, seven hurricanes, and four major (Category 3 or stronger) hurricanes had formed in the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season.
2017 Atlantic hurricane season tracks-to-date, through 11 a.m. EDT, September 18, 2017. (Note: The green line connects the points between Harvey degenerating to a remnant in the eastern Caribbean Sea and its regeneration as a tropical cyclone in the southwest Gulf of Mexico.)
These numbers were boosted by a stretch of eight named storms, all of which except for Lee became hurricanes, since Aug. 6.
Included in this stretch was catastrophic Category 4 Hurricane Harvey, followed by the long-lived saga of Hurricane Irma, then by long-lived Jose and the latest intense and soon-to-be long-lived Hurricane Maria.
(MORE: First Time Two Cat. 4 Landfalls in Continental U.S. in Same Season)
Colorado State tropical meteorologist Dr. Phil Klotzbach noted over the weekend there were only eight other years dating to the mid-19th century that had generated seven or more hurricanes by Sept. 17.
The 30-year average number of hurricanes for an entire Atlantic season is six. The 2016 season generated a total of seven hurricanes, needing Hurricane Otto over Thanksgiving to get to that season total.

Named Storm, Hurricane Pace Similar to 2004, 2005

This season becomes even more compelling when comparing it to two of the most notorious recent hurricane seasons of the previous decade.
The seven-hurricane pace matches that from 2004, when four hurricanes hammered various parts of Florida, among other areas.

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2017-atlantic-hurricane-season-one-of-busiest-september

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