2007 Atlantic hurricane season

Infobox hurricane season
Basin=Atl
Year=2007
Track=2007 Atlantic hurricane season map.png First storm formed= May 9, 2007
Last storm dissipated= December 13, 2007
Strongest storm name="Dean"
Strongest storm pressure=905
Strongest storm winds=150
Total depressions=17
Total storms=15
Total hurricanes=6
Total intense=2
Damagespre=~
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Fatalities=394 direct, 29 indirect
five seasons=2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009hurricane season related|season=2007 Atlantic hurricane|main=yes
stats = yesThe 2007 Atlantic hurricane season was an active Atlantic hurricane season that produced 17 tropical cyclones. It officially started on June 1 and ended on November 30, dates which conventionally delimit the period during which most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic Ocean. The first tropical cyclone, Subtropical Storm Andrea developed on May 9, while the last storm, Tropical Storm Olga, dissipated on December 13. During the year, a total of 17 tropical cyclones, 15 tropical storms, 6 hurricanes and 2 major hurricanes formed. The most intense hurricane, Dean, tied for the seventh most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded as well as the third most intense Atlantic hurricane at landfall. The season was one of only four on record for the Atlantic with more than one Category 5 storm. It was the second on record in which an Atlantic hurricane, Felix, and an eastern Pacific hurricane, Henriette, made landfall on the same day. September had a record-tying eight storms, although the strengths and durations of most of the storms were low. Aside from Dean and Felix, none of the storms exceeded Category 1 intensity.

Pre-season forecasts by the Colorado State University (CSU) called for 14 named storms and 7 hurricanes, of which 3 were expected to attain major hurricane status. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) later issued its initial forecast, which predicted 13 to 17 named storms, 7 to 10 hurricanes and 3 to 5 major hurricanes. After several revisions in the projected number of storms, NOAA and CSU lowered their forecasts by the middle of the season.

Several storms made landfall or directly affected land. Hurricanes Dean and Felix made landfall at Category 5 intensity, causing severe damage in parts of Mexico and Central America, respectively. Both storm names, as well as Noel, the name of a hurricane that affected the Caribbean, were retired from the naming list of Atlantic hurricanes. The United States was affected by five cyclones, although the storms were generally weak; three tropical depressions and only one tropical storm, Gabrielle, and one hurricane, Humberto, made landfall in the country. Elsewhere, three storms directly affected Canada, although none severely. The combined storms killed at least 423 people and caused about $3 billion (2007 USD) in damage.The cumulative damage figures were obtained by summing the damage figures on the individual Tropical Cyclone Reports referenced throughout the article, with the exception of Hurricane Dean. Dean's damage figures were obtained by adding the per-country totals referenced in the Impact section of this article.]

easonal forecasts

Noted hurricane experts Philip J. Klotzbach, William M. Gray, and their associates at Colorado State University issue forecasts of hurricane activity each year, separately from NOAA. Klotzbach's team, formerly led by Gray, determined the average number of storms per season between 1950 and 2000 to be 9.6 tropical storms, 5.9 hurricanes, and 2.3 major hurricanes (storms exceeding Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale). A normal season, as defined by NOAA, has 9 to 12 named storms, of which 5 to 7 reach hurricane strength and 1 to 3 become major hurricanes.cite web|author=Philip J. Klotzbach and William M. Gray|date=2006-12-08|title=Extended Range Forecast of Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Activity and U.S. Landfall Strike Probability for 2007|publisher=Colorado State University|accessdate=2006-12-08|url=http://hurricane.atmos.colostate.edu/forecasts/2006/dec2006/ ] cite web|author=Climate Prediction Center|title=Background Information: The North Atlantic Hurricane Season|publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration| date=2006-08-08| accessdate=2006-12-08|url= http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/outlooks/background_information.shtml#NOAADEF]

The names to the right were used for storms that formed in the Atlantic basin in 2007. [cite web|author=National Hurricane Center|title=Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Names|year=2008|publishr=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|accessdate=2008-05-14|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml] This is the same list used in the 2001 season except for Andrea, Ingrid, and Melissa, which replaced Allison, Iris, and Michelle, respectively and were first used in 2007. Names that were not assigned are marked in tcname unused.

Retirement

On May 13, 2008, at the 30th Session of the World Meteorological Organization's Regional Association IV Hurricane Committee, the WMO retired the names Dean, Felix, and Noel from its rotating name lists. The names were replaced with Dorian, Fernand, and Nestor. [cite web|url = http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080513_stormnames.html|title = Dean, Felix and Noel "Retired" from List of Storm Names|accessmonthday = May 13|accessyear = 2008|date = May 13, 2008|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]

eason impact

TC stats cyclone|cat=sstorm|name=Andrea|dates=May 9 – May 11
max-winds=60 |min-press=1001|ace= N/ATC stats cyclone|cat=storm|name=Barry|dates=June 1 – June 2
max-winds=60|min-press=997|ace= 0.77TC stats cyclone|cat=storm|name=Chantal|dates=July 31 – August 1
max-winds=50|min-press=997|ace= 0.73TC stats table end|num-cyclones-text="'17 cyclones|dates=May 9 – December 13|max-winds=175|min-press=905
num-cyclones-text=17 cyclones|tot-ace=71.7|num-landfalls=16|tot-da
~7,500
tot-deaths=394 (29)

ee also

*List of Atlantic hurricanes
*List of Atlantic hurricane seasons
*2007 Pacific hurricane season
*2007 Pacific typhoon season
*2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
*South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 2006–07, 2007–08
*Australian region cyclone seasons: 2006–07, 2007–08
*South Pacific cyclone seasons: 2006–07, 2007–08

Notes

References

External links

* [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov National Hurricane Center Website]
* [http://www.ambiental.co.uk/downloads/2007.html 2007 hurricanes] - Free download of all 2007 hurricane paths - Google^TM Earth required