The Atlantic Hurricne Season ends on November 30th, and the 2010 will go down as one of the top three on record. But among the many records that make up the season, it should be noted that it wa the most active season that did not produce a landfalling hurricane in the United States. The formation includes 12 hurricanes and 19 total named systems. Just one year ago, 2009 marked one of the least active years in recent memory. It 2009 was among the least active in the last two decades (video), matching 2006 and 1997 with only 9 named storms.
September 15th, right in the peak of hurricane season, three hurricanes were captured on video in the Atlantic at the same time. This was the first time since 1926 that two Category 4 storms (Igor and Julia) were spinning in the Atalntic simultaneously.
See all of the storm tracks in the slide show on the left.
The season was expected to be active from early on, including tropical guru Dr. William Gray and his team from Colorado State university. Their call was for 18 named storms and 10 becoming hurricanes.
NOAA's forecast called for the total number of named storms will be between 14 and 23.
- 2010 Hurricane Season: NOAA forecast for a very active year
- 2010 NOAA Hurricane season outlook graphics
Accuweather called for an active year and major landfalls
I do wonder how the forecasting chimp that took on NOAA will respond?
2010 Seasonal Recap:
Alex- Category 2 Hurricane: This first storm was the strongest June hurricane on record and brought the closest landfall to the US, as itpassed about 100 miles south of Browsnville in Mexico.
Bonnie - Tropical Storm: Brought the biggest fear to the Gulf Coast oil spill region.
Colin- Tropical Storm: A Tropical Storm that got torn apart twice by strong wind sheer.
Danielle - Category 4 Hurricane: Winds reached 135 mph to become the first major hurricane of the year
- Hurricane Danielle winds reach 110 mph. Showing a large eye on satellite video loop
- Major Hurricane Danielle video: Winds at 135 mph
Earl - Category 4 Hurricane: The second major hurricane, and was close to hitting North Carolina and the east coast, but skipped out to sea
- Hurricane Earl video shows a an eye with winds at 125 mph. Radar loop from San Juan PR
- Hurricane Earl (video): Evacuations and watches for North Carolina and Virginia
- Hurricane Earl stronger at 145 mph winds: Obama declares emergency, warnings, maps
Igor - Category 4 Hurricane:
- Hurricane Igor gets stronger and shows an eye. Two more storms may get named this week.
- Hurricane Igor winds 150 mph: The strongest storm on the planet today
- Hurricane Igor (video) slows slightly after reaching winds of 155 mph
Julia - Category 4 Hurricane
Karl - Category 3 Hurricane Reached it's peak upon hitting Mexico
Video of three hurricanes at the same time churn in the Atlantic
NASA video of three hurricanes in Atlantic.
Lisa - Category 1 Hurricane: A small storm in the open Atlantic near Africa that had no impact on land.
Matthew - Tropical Storm:
Otto - Category 1 Hurricane
Paula - Category 2 Hurricane: Skimmed Mexico near Cancun and slammed Cuba
- Hurricane Paula video: Winds at 100 mph, warning for Cozumel and Cancun
- Hurricane Paula (video) flooding Cuba tobacco farms
Richard - Category 1 Hurricane: Hit Belize and southern Mexico
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