Hurricane Season in the Atlantic Ocean
Hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean are part of the natural cycles of the climate throughout the history of the planet.
Index
For those who did not know , June 1 begins the hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean and runs until November 30 , reaching its peak in the month of September.
Definitions
To be clearer on a topic, it is always better to start by defining some terms beforehand.
That said, it is more than appropriate to know what Wikipedia says about it:
“In meteorology, the term tropical cyclone is used to refer to a storm system characterized by a closed circulation around a low-pressure center that produces strong winds and abundant rain. Tropical cyclones extract their energy from the condensation of humid air, producing strong winds. They are distinguished from other cyclonic storms, such as polar lows, by the heat mechanism that powers them, which converts them into “warm core” storm systems. Depending on its strength, a tropical cyclone can be called a tropical depression, a tropical storm, a hurricane, and depending on its location, it can be called a typhoon (especially in the Philippine Islands, Taiwan, China and Japan) or simply a cyclone as in the Indian Ocean. «
It should be noted that the areas most at risk of receiving hurricanes are the North Atlantic (includes the North Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea), the Northeast Pacific, Northwest Pacific (includes the coast of Asia and the south of del China Sea), the North Indian Ocean (the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea) and the Southwest Indian Ocean (the African coast).
Because hurricanes have people’s names
Since 1953, names of people have been assigned to tropical storms and hurricanes. They were originally just female and biblical names. But in 1979, men’s names were also used.
Currently it is the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) who is in charge of updating this list.
The WMO has six lists of names that they use cyclically. Names that were used in 2018 will be used again in 2024.
It should be noted that in cases where a hurricane is devastating and causes fatalities, its name is removed from the list. This has been the case for Katrina, Sandy, Harvey, Irma, Maria, Florence, and Michael.
At present the names are alternated between feminine and masculine, following an alphabetical order skipping the letters U, Q, X, Y, and Z.
In the event that more than 21 names are used, the Greek alphabet is used. An example of this was that of 2005.
For this 2019 the names of the predicted hurricanes are the following:
- Andrea
- Barry
- Chantal
- Dorian
- Erin
- Fernand
- Gabrielle
- Humberto
- Imelda
- Jerry
- Karen
- Lawrence
- Melissa
- Nestor
- Olga
- Paul
- Rebekah
- Sebastien
- Ask
- From
- Wendy