The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season officially began the day before yesterday, and it behooves those living in vulnerable coastal areas to start taking steps early on to prepare for potential power outages, closed roads and stores, and problems pertinent to their homes and locations. Last year Hurricanes Florence (category 4) and Michael (category 5) slammed through the Carolinas and the Florida panhandle respectively, each causing more than 50 deaths and around $25 billion in damage. Although there were 15 named tropical storms in 2018 and most of them flourished and floundered in the open Atlantic waters, all it takes is one to thoroughly mess up your life. As for 2019, AccuWeather's official forecast is for 12-14 named storms and 5-7 hurricanes, with 2-4 of them being major. The El Niño effect, which tends to create wind shear that limits tropical storm development, should be present through the main hurricane months of August, September, and October...but they're not completely sure on this. And on their map of more likely landfalls, the Florida peninsula is highlighted in red...here's a link to that AccuWeather forecast: [AccuWeather]...
In 2019 so far, Andrea briefly formed last month near Bermuda in the western Atlantic as a subtropical storm, becoming the first named storm of the year. Here are the names for 2019:
Andrea, Barry, Chantal, Dorian, Erin, Fernand, Gabrielle, Humberto, Imelda, Jerry, Karen, Lorenzo, Melissa, Nestor, Olga, Pablo, Rebekah, Tanya, Van, Wendy
May none of these names gain infamy for representing storms causing loss of life or catastrophic damage. But we haven't been so fortunate the last couple of years with Atlantic tropical systems...best to keep up with what's going down in the area...
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