looking back at the 2012 atlantic basin hurricane season

SUPER STORM SANDY: OCT. 29-30, 2012

2013 ATLANTIC BASIN HURRICANE SEASON

SUPER STORM SANDY: OCT. 29-30, 2012

LOOKING BACK AT 2012

ACTUAL STORMS EXCEEDED THE FORECAST

FORECAST: 15 NAMED STORMS

WITH 4-8

BECOMING HURRICANES

ACTUAL STORMS EXCEEDED THE FORECAST

FORECAST: 15 NAMED STORMS

WITH 4-8

BECOMING HURRICANES

ACTUAL: TWENTY NAMED STORMS; 10 HURRICANES

NAMED STORMS IN 2012

• ALBERTO - Tropical storm; May 19

• BERYL - Tropical storm; May 27

• CHRIS – Hurricane; June 21

• DEBBY – Tropical storm; June 23

• ERNESTO –Hurricane; Aug 3

• FLORENCE –Tropical storm: Aug 5

• GORDON –Hurricane, August 16

SUPER STORM SANDY: OCT. 29-30, 2012

NAMED STORMS FOR 2012

• HELENE –Tropical Storm, Aug. 19

• ISAAC – Hurricane, August 21

• JOYCE –Tropical Storm, Aug. 25

• KIRK –Tropical Storm. Aug. 27

• LESLIE –Hurricane, Sept. 5

• MICHAEL –Hurricane, Sept. 5

• NADINE – Hurricane, Sept. 12

NAMED STORMS IN 2012

• OSCAR – Tropical Storm; Oct. 4

• PATTY – Tropical Storm; Oct. 11

• RAFAEL – Hurricane; October 12

• SANDY– Super Hurricane; October 22

• TONY – Tropical Storm; Oct. 24

SANDY: OCTOBER 24

Sandy, 2012’s ninth hurricane, became a huge storm with wind and rain bands reaching out 500 km or more from the

storm center, produced 15-50 cm of rain and flooding in Jamaica, Bermuda, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba, New Jersey,

and New York

CAT I HURRICANE SANDY: OCTOBER 24

SANDY: RAIN IN HAITI

SANDY REACHES HAVANA. CUBA: OCTOBER 25

SANDY: RAIN IN CUBA

SANDY: RAIN BEGINS IN FT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA; OCT. 26

OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND

REHOBOTH BEACH, DELAWARE: OCT. 29

SUPER STORM SANDY: OCT. 29-30, 2012

$360 MILLION STORM SURGE, NEW HAVEN, CT: OCT. 30

FLOODING IN BROOKLYN

NEW JERSEY: ATLANTIC CITY UNDER WATER

NEW JERSEY: OCEAN FRONT FLOODING

NEW JERSEY: STREET FLOODING

LOOKING AHEAD TO 2013

FORECAST OF THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

ADMINISTRATION

FORECAST: 13-20 NAMED STORMS

WITH 7-10

BECOMING HURRICANES

WHERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED IN JUNE--JULY

NAMES OF 2013’S STORMS

• ANDREA - Tropical storm; June 5

• BARRY - Tropical storm; June 19

• CHANTAL – Tropical storm; July 7

• DORIAN –

• ERIN –

• FERNAND –

• GABRIELLE –

NAMES OF 2013’S STORMS

• HUMBERTO –

• INGRID –

• JERRY –

• KAREN –

• LORENZO –

• MELISSA –

• NESTOR –

NAMES OF 2013’S STORMS

• OLGA –

• PABLO –

• REBEKAH –

• SEBASTIEN –

• TANYA –

• VAN --

• WENDY --

TROPICAL STORM ANDREA ---

FIRST STORM OF 2013 SEASON

ANDREA: HUNE 5, 2013

TROPICAL STORM BARRY ---

SECOND STORM OF 2012 SEASON

BARRY: JUNE 19, 2013

TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL ---

THIRD STORM OF 2012 SEASON

TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL: JULY 8, 2013

TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL IS MOVING QUICKLY; JULY 8, 2013

A tropical storm warning has been issued for Puerto Rico, Barbados, Dominica,

Saint Lucia, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Miami.

July 8th

TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL FORECAST; JULY 8, 2013

TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL ACTUAL; JULY 14, 2013