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2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season Summary

Boo, bitches, he's back with more Hurricane Info! I'm probably going to do this for the EPac too this time (what can I say, your boy branched out this year).

ACE (Accumulated Cyclone Energy) Score: ~145.5 Units (above normal)

This marks the 3rd year in the 2020's with an above average ACE score (2020 was considered "extremely active" and 2021 was "above normal").

Major Hurricanes (anything with 1 minute sustained winds of over 111mph or 178 km/h): 3

Hurricanes (anything with 1 minute sustained winds of over 74 mph or 119 km/h): 7

Named Storms*: 20 (fourth most active tropical cyclone season on record, tied with 1933)

*For the sake of this post I've chosen to count Subtropical Storm One as a named storm, I'll elaborate later.

Depressions: 21*

*Includes the unnamed Tropical Depression Twenty-One

One tropical disturbance was given the title of Potential Tropical Cyclone Twenty-Two in mid-November, but never formed into a storm or depression. This will forever be known as PTC 22, rip little guy.

This is the first year to have a nameable storm form in January since 2016 with Hurricane Alex, with Subtropical Storm One undergoing a subtropical transition on January 16th and managing to go semi-overlooked by the NHC until later in the season.

Another important thing to note is that we had a Category 5 Hurricane this year with Hurricane Lee, making this my first year to observe an operational Category 5 storm. Very exciting for me!

Current (December 1st, 2023) damage estimates: >3.09 Billion USD (2023)

STORM INFO:

Strongest Storm (Barometric Pressure): Hurricane Lee (926 mbar)

Strongest Storm (Wind Speed): Hurricane Lee (165 mph/270 km/h 1 minute sustained)

Longest Lasting Storm: Hurricane Philippe (12.75 days)

Crossover Storms: None

Number of Storms Your Local Weather Dingus Weathered: Zero!

This was my first Atlantic Hurricane Season to study now that I'm officially studying Meteorology in College, it almost feels surreal to me. This was my hyperfixation, but now this is what I'm planning on doing for the rest of my life. It's not gonna be all charts and rainbows, believe me it's gonna get beyond rough, but I'm willing to keep at it.

Next year's naming list starts June 1st with the name Alberto.

Goodnight Atlantic, rest well and please stop spitting on the Gulf Coast, we can't deal with it anymore.