All data provided by the National Hurricane Center.
The 2013 Hurricane Season
2013 Opening Season Preamble (as at 7th December, 2012)
As usual, we will do our best to track all the active storms in the 2013 hurricane season, so keep checking
this page regularly. Hurricane Andrea or Tropical Storm Andrea will be the
first of the season when it appears, and we will be ready to track it.
ATLANTIC BASIN SEASONAL HURRICANE FORECAST FOR 2013
Forecast Parameter and 1981-2010
Median (in parentheses)
Issue Date
10 April 2013
Named Storms (NS) (12.0) 18
Named Storm Days (NSD) (60.1) 95
Hurricanes (H) (6.5) 9
Hurricane Days (HD) (21.3) 40
Major Hurricanes (MH) (2.0) 4
Major Hurricane Days (MHD) (3.9) 9
Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) (92) 165
Net Tropical Cyclone Activity (NTC) (103%) 175
PROBABILITIES FOR AT LEAST ONE MAJOR (CATEGORY 3-4-5) HURRICANE
LANDFALL ON EACH OF THE FOLLOWING COASTAL AREAS:
1) Entire U.S. coastline - 72% (average for last century is 52%)
2) U.S. East Coast Including Peninsula Florida - 48% (average for last century is
31%)
3) Gulf Coast from the Florida Panhandle westward to Brownsville - 47% (average
for last century is 30%)
PROBABILITY FOR AT LEAST ONE MAJOR (CATEGORY 3-4-5) HURRICANE
TRACKING INTO THE CARIBBEAN (10-20°N, 60-88°W)
1) 61% (average for last century is 42%)
By Philip J. Klotzbach
and William M. Gray
Here's the list of 2013 contenders.
Andrea,Barry,Chantal,Dorian,Erin,Fernand,Gabrielle,Humberto,Ingrid,
Jerry,Karen,Lorenzo,Melissa,Nestor,Olga,Pablo,Rebekah,Sebastien,Tanya,Van,Wendy
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