2013 Atlantic hurricane season

The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1 and ended on November 30. During this period, usually make the most hurricanes, since only at this time appropriate conditions exist, such as a warm ocean, moist air and little wind shear to allow the formation of tropical cyclones. The 2013 season was the first since the 1994 season, in which no major hurricane formed. The first storm of the season, Andrea, was formed on June 5 and the last storm of the season, an unnamed subtropical storm that broke up on December 7. During the hurricane season, only two hurricanes, Humberto and Ingrid, as few as since the hurricane season in 1982 were no more.

Storms in the Pacific Ocean are listed in the article Pacific hurricane season of 2013.

  • 2.1 Tropical Storm Andrea 2.1.1 Storm History
  • 2.1.2 Impacts
  • 2.2.1 Storm History
  • 2.2.2 effects
  • 2.3.1 Storm History
  • 2.3.2 effects
  • 2.4.1 Storm History
  • 2.5.1 Storm History
  • 2.6.1 Storm History
  • 2.6.2 effects
  • 2.7.1 Storm History
  • 2.8.1 Storm History
  • 2.9.1 Storm History
  • 2.10.1 storm History
  • 2.10.2 effects
  • 2.11.1 storm History
  • 2.12.1 storm History
  • 2.13.1 storm History
  • 2.14.1 storm History

Season forecasts

Predictions about the activity of the coming hurricane season will be created each year by the hurricane experts Philip J. Klotzbach and William M. Gray and her staff at Colorado State University and separately by the meteorologists at the NOAA, and the consortium Tropical Storm Risk.

Klotz 's team defined the average number of storms per season on average (1950-2000) to 9.6 tropical storms, 5.9 hurricanes and 2.3 major hurricanes ( ie, those at least on the Saffir -Simpson Hurricane Scale are classified to category 3 ). A normal season, as it was defined by the NOAA, consists of 9-12 named storms, 5-7 of which reach hurricane strength and 1-3 major hurricanes.

Predictions before the season

On December 5, 2012 Tropical Storm Risk ( TSR ), announced a public consortium of experts on insurance, risk management and seasonal climate predictions at University College London, a medium-term forecast, which assumes an above-average hurricane season for 2013. In the report, TSR noted that tropical cyclone activity could be about 30 % higher than the average for the years 1950-2012, with 15.4 ( ± 4.3 ) tropical storms, 7.7 ( ± 2.9 ) hurricanes and 3, 4 ( ± 1.6 ) major hurricanes and a cumulative ACE index of 134 were expected.

On April 8, 2013 Weather Services International (WSI ) issued a prediction that comes from an above-average hurricane season in 2013 with 16 tropical storms, 9 hurricanes and 5 major hurricanes.

On May 15, 2013 published a Met Office forecast, which assumes a slightly above-average hurricane season in 2013. Accordingly, the number of named storms will be at 14 and the number of hurricanes in 9

Eight days after the Met Office, on May 23, 2013, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA) published a forecast for the hurricane season of 2013. Accordingly, there will be 13-20 named storms, 7-11 hurricanes of which would, and of which turn 3-6 major hurricanes would.

Storms

Tropical Storm Andrea

Storm History

The first tropical storm of the 2013 season in the Atlantic basin was formed on June 5, 18 clock local time in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, north-west of the Cuban capital Havana and northeast of the Yucatán Peninsula in position 25.3N 86.5W25.386.5 and moved in a northerly direction.

On June 6, shortly before 18 clock EDT the center of the storm in the Big Bend region ( 29.5N 83.4W29.583.4 ) reached, 110 km west of the city of Gainesville, with winds of around 100 km / h mainland of the U.S. state of Florida. From there, the storm moved on in a northeasterly direction, he slightly decreased over the country. On the evening of June 7 Andrea was declared as " posttropisch ". The storm center was at that time still over land near Raleigh, North Carolina. The wind speeds were still 75 km / h The observation by the National Hurricane Center and the regular publication of notes has continued.

  • NHC 's archive on Tropical Storm Storm Andrea ( English )
  • NHC 's archive on Tropical Storm Andrea graphics ( English )

Effects

Even before had the low pressure area, which developed into a tropical storm later, attended in Western Cuba for heavy rainfall. In the province of Pinar del Río, a famous tobacco growing area, it came to flooding. 2,200 people had to be evacuated. 14 villages were cut off from the outside world. The Río Cuyaguateje reached record level values ​​of 9.70 m. In some cases up to 516 mm of rain fell and caused damage to buildings and agriculture.

Tropical Storm Barry

Storm History

On the evening of June 15, the National Hurricane Center (NHC ) began with the observation of a large area of showers and thunderstorms over the southwestern Caribbean. This could be well organized, so it was updated about 95 kilometers east of Monkey River Town, Belize to the tropical depression two on June 17 the following day. Later that day, the system Belize went ashore and was early on June 18 over northern Guatemala. As the low pressure area early the next day left the country and moved across the Bay of Campeche, it could intensify and was in the evening from the National Hurricane Center (NHC ) upgraded to a tropical storm, which was named Barry. At 0900 UTC on June 20, the storm reached its peak with winds of 75 km / h and an air pressure of 1003 hPa, before he north of Veracruz, Mexico came ashore just a few hours later. After landfall, Barry weakened rapidly into a tropical depression and degenerated in the late evening about 95 km east- north-east of Mexico City into a remnant low.

  • NHC 's archive on Tropical Storm Barry Storm ( English )
  • NHC 's archive on Tropical Storm Barry graphics ( English )

Effects

Heavy rains ensured in Honduras for flooding that destroyed 60 homes and more than 300 people concerned. In El Salvador, two people were injured by a storm and reported a person because of flooding as missing. Due to flooding in Veracruz at least 2 people were killed.

Tropical Storm Chantal

Storm History

On 5 July, the National Hurricane Center (NHC ) began monitoring an area of showers and thunderstorms associated with a tropical wave 550 miles southwest of Cape Verde. The system was able to quickly organize and received on July 7, a high probability to develop into a tropical depression. Early on July 8, updated the National Hurricane Center, the disturbance into a tropical storm and named this Chantal. At this time, the storm was moving at a pulling speed of 43 km / h rapidly toward the Lesser Antilles. The following day, Chantal moved with wind speeds of 95 km / h passing just north of Barbados and St. Lucia, reaching the Caribbean Sea after they had passed well to Martinique. South of Hispaniola, however, the winds aloft grew more and more and the system slowed down. Late on July 10, after all, it degenerated to 370 km east-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica into a tropical wave.

  • NHC 's archive on Tropical Storm Storm Chantal ( English )
  • NHC 's archive on Tropical Storm Chantal graphics ( English )
  • NHC 's Tropical Cyclone Report on Tropical Storm Chantal ( English, PDF, 1.3 MB)

Effects

The remains of Chantal attended in Hispaniola for heavy rains and subsequent flooding, where a person has come in the Dominican Republic died.

Tropical Storm Dorian

Storm History

On July 22, reported the National Hurricane Center (NHC ) that a tropical wave on the west coast of Africa was created. Two days later, the system was classified 500 km west-southwest of Cape Verde to a tropical depression, which was named Four. Only six hours later, the depression reached storm strength and was named Dorian. The storm intensified rapidly and reached on July 25, with wind speeds of 95 km / h and an air pressure of 999 hPa its peak. After that, Dorian weakened rapidly again and was on the evening of July 26, only a minimal tropical storm. The following day, the storm degenerated 890 km east of the Leeward Islands back to a tropical wave. Due to favorable conditions, the system reintensivierte east of South Florida into a tropical depression. Just 12 hours later, Dorian degenerate 255 km east-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina in an extratropical remnant low.

  • NHC 's archive on Tropical Storm storm Dorian ( English )
  • NHC 's archive on Tropical Storm graphic Dorian ( English )
  • NHC 's Tropical Cyclone Report on Tropical Storm Dorian ( English, PDF, 2.3 MB)

Tropical Storm Erin

Storm History

On August 13, the National Hurricane Center (NHC ) began monitoring a tropical wave that was located on the west coast of Africa. The system organized quickly and was already on the following day a high probability to develop into a tropical cyclone. In the early morning of August 15 it had been sufficiently developed to be updated by the National Hurricane Center for Tropical Depression Five, as it was located 130 km southeast of Cape Verde. Only nine hours later it was upgraded to a tropical storm, which was given the name Erin. The storm moved in a west- north-westerly direction, reaching wind speeds of 65 km / h and an air pressure of 1006 hPa, which corresponds to only a weak tropical storm. The following day Erin had lost a large part of their convection and was downgraded to a tropical depression. However, the system was able to again strengthen into a tropical storm before it once again weakened into a tropical depression on the evening of August 17. In the afternoon of August 18, the system degenerated about 1740 km west- northwest of Cape Verde an extratropical remnant low.

  • NHC 's archive on Tropical Storm Storm Erin ( English )
  • NHC 's archive on Tropical Storm Erin graphics ( English )

Tropical Storm Fernand

Storm History

On August 23, the National Hurricane Center (NHC ) began monitoring a tropical wave over the northwestern Caribbean Sea. This moved west, crossed the Yucatán Peninsula and thereby reached on August 25, the Gulf of Mexico. There it was updated in the evening to a tropical depression six and promoted to a tropical storm Fernand less than two hours later. The storm reached in the early morning of August 26 with continuous wind speeds of 85 km / h and an air pressure of 1001 hPa its peak and shortly after went north-northwest of Veracruz, Mexico on land. As Fernand increasingly moved inland, the storm weakened into a tropical depression. Late on 26 August, Fernand 125 km disbanded west-southwest of Tuxpan, Mexico.

  • NHC 's archive on Tropical Storm storm Fernand ( English )
  • NHC 's archive on Tropical Storm graphic Fernand ( English )
  • NHC 's Tropical Cyclone Report on Tropical Storm Fernand ( English, PDF, 1.5 MB)

Effects

Due to heavy rains and subsequent flooding at least 14 people have been killed in Mexico.

Tropical Storm Gabrielle

Storm History

On August 29, the National Hurricane Center (NHC ) began monitoring a tropical wave that was located about 1000 km east of the Lesser Antilles. Over the next few days, the disturbance moved westward, but could not organize. Only when the system had reached the Lesser Antilles on September 1, it received an average probability to develop into a tropical depression. Late on September 4, the fault 210 km south of San Juan, Puerto Rico had as far as organized, so it was classified as a tropical depression screening. Only six hours later, the depression reached storm strength and was named Gabrielle. Earlier in the afternoon of September 5 classified the National Hurricane Center storm but back into a tropical depression down. In the early morning of the following day, the low pressure area Dominican Republic sparked 45 km north -northwest of Punta Cana, completely. After the remnant low had moved into the open Atlantic, but it showed signs of regeneration. On September 10, the National Hurricane Center classified the system 300 km south of Bermuda again to a tropical storm up. After Gabrielle reached with wind speeds of 95 km / h its peak, the storm weakened rapidly and was in the evening of September 11, only a tropical depression. Early on September 12, the system does the strength of a tropical storm but could gain again before it is again weakened into a tropical depression late and 290 km south of Halifax, Canada degenerated into an extratropical remnant low on September 13.

  • NHC 's archive on Tropical Storm Storm Gabrielle ( English )
  • NHC 's archive on Tropical Storm graphic Gabrielle ( English )

Tropical Depression Eight

Storm History

On 2 September, the National Hurricane Center (NHC ) began monitoring a tropical wave over the eastern Yucatan Peninsula. This moved westward and reached late on the following day the southern Gulf of Mexico. There she was able to organize something and received an average probability to develop into a tropical depression. Late on September 6, updated the National Hurricane Center, the system to a tropical depression, as this went ashore at the same time via Tampico, Mexico. Inland, the low pressure system weakened rapidly and dissipated on September 7, 170 km west-southwest of Tampico, Mexico.

  • NHC 's storm archive depression Eight ( English )
  • NHC 's archive graphics to low pressure area Eight ( English )
  • NHC 's Tropical Cyclone Report on Tropical Depression Eight ( English, PDF)

Hurricane Humberto

Storm History

On the evening of 6 September, the National Hurricane Center (NHC ) began monitoring a tropical wave over Senegal. A day later, they reached the sea and was a high probability of developing into a tropical depression. The system organized itself on quickly and was classified on 8 September as a tropical depression nine, when it was located about 440 km east- southeast of Cape Verde. 12 hours later reinforced the low pressure area into a tropical storm, which was given the name Humberto. Humberto intensified rapidly and reached on 10 September, the strength of a strong tropical storm. Early on September 11, the National Hurricane Center upgraded the storm for the first hurricane of the season. Humberto reached on the following day with wind speeds of 140 miles and an atmospheric pressure of 982 hPa its peak. Then the eye of the hurricane broke up quickly and it weakened rapidly into a tropical storm. On the afternoon of September 14 the storm degenerated approximately 1580 km north-west of Cape Verde an extratropical remnant low. The National Hurricane Center issued the system, however, is a high chance once again to develop into a tropical storm. On 16 September, the remnant low had regenerated as far as to become upgraded to a tropical storm again in the afternoon. Humberto but could in the next few days does not significantly develop and stayed with the strength of a weak tropical storm. On the evening of September 18, the storm weakened into a tropical depression and dissipated the next day 1435 km west-southwest of the Azores.

  • NHC 's archive on Hurricane Storm Humberto ( English )
  • NHC 's archive on Hurricane Humberto graphics ( English )
  • NHC 's Tropical Cyclone Report on Hurricane Humberto ( English, PDF)

Hurricane Ingrid

Storm History

On September 10, formed over the northwestern Caribbean Sea, an area of disturbed weather. After the fault was slowly pulled to the west and was located the following day on Belize, she got to develop into a tropical depression an average probability. Early on September 12, the system reached the Bay of Campeche and was later the same day updated to tropical depression Ten, as it was located about 280 km east- northeast of Veracruz, Mexico. 18 hours later reinforced the low pressure area into a tropical storm, which was given the name Ingrid. The storm remained stationary and intensified rapidly into a moderate tropical storm. As Ingrid on the afternoon of September 14 began to form an eye, the storm was upgraded to a hurricane. On the night of 15 September, the hurricane reached with continuous wind speeds of around 140 km / h its height. Afterwards, Ingrid weakened rapidly and went at noon on September 16 with winds of 100 km / h as a strong tropical storm near La Pesca, Mexico on land. Nine hours after they go ashore Ingrid weakened into a tropical depression. Early on September 17, the low pressure area Mexico sparked about 125 kilometers west of La Pesca, over the mountains.

  • NHC 's archive on Hurricane Storm Ingrid ( English )
  • NHC 's archive on Hurricane graphics Ingrid ( English )
  • NHC 's Tropical Cyclone Report on Hurricane Ingrid ( English, PDF)

Effects

In Mexico, the effects of the same two tropical storms, Hurricane Ingrid led on Atlantic and Pacific hurricane Manuel on page to devastating floods due to heavy rainfall. At least 21 people have been killed. Thousands had to be evacuated.

Tropical Storm Jerry

Storm History

On 26 September, a large area of showers and thunderstorms about 1000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles formed. The disturbance moved over the course of the next day to the north - northwest and was to develop into a tropical depression on September 28, a high probability. In the early morning of September 29 the system had as far as organized, so it was updated by the National Hurricane Center 1935 km east-southeast of Bermuda to tropical depression eleven. First, the low pressure area could not be further intensified and remained poorly organized. It was not until the afternoon of September 30 the National Hurricane Center classified it up to a tropical storm, which was named Jerry. Early on October 1, reached the storm with wind speeds of 85 km / h and an air pressure of 1005 hPa its peak as a moderate tropical storm, but weakened quickly restored to a weak tropical storm off. Jerry continued to decline and was downgraded early on October 3, to a tropical depression before on the same day 1270 km degenerated into an extratropical remnant low later this west-southwest of the Azores.

  • NHC 's archive on Tropical Storm Storm Jerry ( English )
  • NHC 's archive on Tropical Storm Jerry graphics ( English )
  • NHC 's Tropical Cyclone Report on Tropical Storm Jerry ( English, PDF)

Tropical Storm Karen

Storm History

On September 28, formed over the southwestern Caribbean Sea, an area of disturbed weather. After pulling the northwest, the fault could organize and slowly got to develop into a tropical depression on October 1, an average probability. The following day, the system intensified further and got a high probability. At noon on October 3 had developed so far, so it was updated 65 km northwest of Cabo Catoche, Mexico to Tropical Storm Karen. On the same day reached the storm with sustained wind speeds of 100 km / h and an air pressure of 999 hPa its peak as a strong tropical storm. The following day Karen lost strength and weakened into a moderate tropical storm with wind speeds of 85 km / h from. Early on October 5, the storm had only wind speeds of 65 km / h and was now very disorganized. When approaching Louisiana, Karen finally weakened into a tropical depression and dissipated in the afternoon of October 6 about 135 km south of the mouth of the Mississippi River on.

  • NHC 's archive on Tropical Storm Storm Karen ( English )
  • NHC 's archive on Tropical Storm Karen graphics ( English )
  • NHC 's Tropical Cyclone Report on Tropical Storm Karen ( English, PDF)

Tropical Storm Lorenzo

Storm History

On October 20, the National Hurricane Center (NHC ) began to observe a weak area of ​​low pressure, which is about 625 miles southeast of Bermuda was. The disorder developed rapidly and 1045 km east- southeast of Bermuda has been updated for the following day Tropical Depression Thirteen. Six hours later, reinforced the low pressure area into a tropical storm, which was given the name Lorenzo. The system had already reached its peak on 22 October by a sustained wind speeds of 85 km / h and an air pressure of 1003 hPa as a moderate tropical storm. After its peak Lorenzo quickly lost its convection and weakened on the night of October 24 in a tropical depression off. On the afternoon of October 24, the National Hurricane Center reported that the low pressure area has degenerated into an extratropical remnant low, as it was located about 1650 km to the east of Bermuda.

  • NHC 's archive on Tropical Storm Storm Lorenzo ( English )
  • NHC 's archive on Tropical Storm Lorenzo graphics ( English )
  • NHC 's Tropical Cyclone Report on Tropical Storm Lorenzo ( English, PDF)

Tropical Storm Melissa

Storm History

On 16 November, reported the National Hurricane Center (NHC ) that has several hundred miles southeast of Bermuda formed a non- tropical low pressure area. The system could be organized in the course of the next day and got an average probability to develop into a subtropical or tropical cyclone. On the afternoon of November 18 the National Hurricane Center upgraded the low pressure area 1120 km east-southeast of Bermuda at a subtropical storm, which was named Melissa. The system achieved the following day with winds of around 100 km / h and an air pressure of 982 hPa its peak as a subtropical storm. Early on 20 November began Melissa tropical characteristics to accept and was classified as a tropical storm in the afternoon. The system reached early on 21 November, a train speed of 52 km / h and moved rapidly towards the east - northeast. Later the same day reached Melissa her second climax with continuous wind speeds of 100 km / h and an air pressure of 980 hPa the early morning of November 22 said the National Hurricane Center storm as extratropical, as he is about 425 km north- northwest the Azores was.

  • NHC 's archive on Tropical Storm Melissa Storm ( English )
  • NHC 's archive on Tropical Storm Melissa graphics ( English )
  • NHC 's Tropical Cyclone Report on Tropical Storm Melissa ( English, PDF)

Unnamed subtropical storm

Course of the season

Storm names

The Atlantic hurricane season of 2013, the following names are used. This list will be used again in 2019, subject to the names that may be replaced by the World Meteorological Organization in the spring of 2014. This list is identical to the list for the Atlantic hurricane season in 2007, only Dean, Felix and Noel were replaced with Dorian, Fernand and Nestor.

  • Andrea
  • Barry
  • Chantal
  • Dorian
  • Erin
  • Fernand
  • Gabrielle
  • Humberto
  • Ingrid
  • Jerry
  • Karen
  • Lorenzo
  • Melissa
  • Nestor (unused)
  • Olga (unused)
  • Pablo (unused)
  • Rebekah (unused)
  • Sebastien (unused)
  • Tanya (unused)
  • Van (unused)
  • Wendy (unused)
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