Everything about The 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season totally explained
The
2007 Atlantic hurricane season was an event in the annual cycle of
tropical cyclone formation. It officially started
June 1,
2007, and ended
November 30,
2007, dates that conventionally delimit the period when most
tropical cyclones form in the
Atlantic basin during the year. However, the formation of
Subtropical Storm Andrea on
May 9,
2007 marked an earlier beginning to the season, and the season extended past the official end of the season when
Tropical Storm Olga developed on
December 11. The 2007 season was fairly active, with 15 named storms, though the intensities of the storms didn't meet the predictions.
On
August 18,
Hurricane Dean was upgraded to Category 5 status and eventually made landfall at that strength on the Mexican
Yucatán Peninsula. When
Hurricane Felix reached Category 5 status, 2007 became one of four recorded Atlantic seasons that have had more than one Category 5 storm—the others being
1960,
1961 and
2005—and the only time two Atlantic hurricanes have ever made landfall at Category 5 strength in the same season. Dean and Felix also both reached Category 5 strength more than once, the first such occurrence in an Atlantic hurricane season. Also, the 2007 season was the second season on record that an Atlantic hurricane and an eastern Pacific hurricane made landfall on the same day (
Felix and
Henriette).
Hurricane Humberto also became the fastest developing storm on record to be so close to land; it strengthened from a 35 mph (55 km/h) tropical depression to a 90 mph (150 km/h) hurricane in 14 hours while off the coast of
Texas. September had a
record tying eight storms, but the strengths and durations of most of the storms were low.
Hurricane Noel was the deadliest storm of the season, killing 169 people. The post season
Tropical Storm Olga caused 40 deaths in the northern Caribbean, primarily in the
Dominican Republic.
Seasonal forecasts
Forecasts of hurricane activity are issued before each hurricane season by noted hurricane experts
Philip J. Klotzbach, Dr.
William M. Gray, and their associates at
Colorado State University; and separately by
NOAA forecasters.
Klotzbach's team (formerly led by Dr. Gray) defined the average number of storms per season (1950 to 2000) as 9.6 tropical storms, 5.9 hurricanes, and 2.3 major hurricanes (storms exceeding Category 3 strength in the
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale). A normal season, as defined by NOAA, has 9 to 12 named storms, with 5 to 7 of those reaching hurricane strength, and 1 to 3 major hurricanes.
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