Hurricane season heads to overtime: Rare December tropical system may develop this week
The last time a tropical or subtropical system formed in December was 2013.
The last time a tropical or subtropical system formed in December was 2013.
The last time a tropical or subtropical system formed in December was 2013.
Hurricane season 2022 'officially' ended several days ago. However, this hurricane season is headed into overtime. A rare December tropical or subtropical system may form in the Atlantic Ocean.
Currently there is a 50% chance that low pressure located about 800 miles to the northeast of the northern Leeward Islands develops into a named storm in the next 5 days. The current forecast track moves this far from the U.S. coastline.
The last time a tropical or subtropical system formed in December was 2013. Hurricanes are extremely rare in December, but have occurred. The most recent was Hurricane Lili in 1984. The storm was located near Bermuda. Since 1950 only ten named storms have formed during December in the Atlantic Basin!
If the current low pressure area develops into a tropical or subtropical system, it would be named Owen. So far in 2022 there have been 14 named storms.
No tropical storms, subtropical storms, or hurricane have made landfall along the U.S. coastline during December. A streak that should continue this year. Hopefully after this week time finally runs out on hurricane season for good!
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Jeremy Nelson
WJCL 22 Chief Meteorologist