2018 Hurricane Season

Season stats:

• 10 storms
• 10 named storms
• 2 US landfalls
• 5 hurricanes

Top storm stats

• Strongest pressure - 953 mb
• Strongest winds - 130 mph
• Most deaths - 5
• Longest life - 9 days (tie)

KEY: LR (Long range, 0.5 pt), MR (Medium Range, 0.5 pt), SR (Short Range, 0.5 pt), F (Find, 0.5 pt), W (Winner, 1 pt)

• GFS : 2.5 LR F LR W
• CMC : 1.5 W F
• HMON: 0.5 SR
• NAM : 0.5 SR
• ECMWF : 0.5 LR
• HWRF: 0.5 SR
• NAVGEM : 0
• UKMET : 0

Predictions by major predictors:

• Colorado State University (14 named, 7 hurricanes, 3 major)
• NOAA (10-16 storms, 5-9 hurricanes, 1-4 major)
• The Weather Channel (WSI) (12 named storms, 5 hurricanes, 2 major)

• Subtropical Storm Alberto (May 25 - May 31) Max winds: 65 mph, min pressure: 991 mb

• Hurricane Beryl (July 5 - July 8, July 14 - July 15) Max winds: 80 mph, min pressure: 994 mb
• Hurricane Chris (July 6 - July 12) Max winds: 105 mph, min pressure: 970 mb.
• Tropical Storm Debby (August 7 - August 9) Max winds: 45 mph, min pressure: 1002 mb.
• Tropical Storm Ernesto (August 15 - August 18) Max winds: 45 mph, min pressure: 1002 mb.
• Major Hurricane Florence (August 30 - September 7) Max winds: 130 mph, min pressure: 953 mb.
• Tropical Storm Gordon (September 3 - September 7) Max winds: 70 mph, min pressure: 997 mb.
• Hurricane Helene (September 7) Max winds: 35 mph, min pressure: 1002 mb.
• Hurricane Isaac (September 7) Max winds: 35 mph, min pressure: 1007 mb.
• Subtropical Storm Joyce (September 12) Max winds: 45 mph, min pressure: 1006 mb.
• Tropical Depression 11 () Max winds: mph, min pressure: mb.
• Tropical Storm Kirk () Max winds: mph, min pressure: mb.
• Hurricane Leslie () Max winds: mph, min pressure: mb.
• Major Hurricane Michael (October 6 - October 8) Max winds: 80 mph, min pressure: 978 mb.
• Tropical Storm Nadine () Max winds: mph, min pressure: .
• Hurricane Oscar () Max winds: mph, min pressure: .

*Would be interesting if we could create a map of where the storms tracked on our own! Might make one or find a way to… *