2006 Atlantic hurricane season

Infobox hurricane season
Track=2006 Atlantic hurricane season map.png Basin=Atl
Year=2006
First storm formed=June 10, 2006
Last storm dissipated=October 2, 2006
Strongest storm name="Helene" and "Gordon"
Strongest storm winds=105
Strongest storm pressure=955
Total storms=10
Total hurricanes=5
Total intense=2
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Inflated=-1
Fatalities=7 direct, 7 indirect
five seasons=2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

The table on the right shows the ACE for each storm in the season. ACE is, broadly speaking, a measure of the power of the hurricane multiplied by the length of time it existed, so storms that last a long time, as well as particularly strong hurricanes, have high ACEs. ACE is only calculated for full advisories on tropical systems at or exceeding 35 knots (39 mph/63 km/h), or tropical storm strength. [cite web|author=Climate Prediction Center|title=Background information: the North Atlantic hurricane information|year=2006|publisher=NOAA|accessdate=2008-05-01|url=http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/outlooks/background_information.shtml] The highest ever ACE estimated for a single storm in the Atlantic is 73.6, for Hurricane San Ciriaco in 1899. This single storm had an ACE higher than many whole Atlantic storm seasons. Other Atlantic storms with high ACEs include Hurricane Ivan in 2004, with an ACE of 70.4, and Hurricane Donna in 1960, with an ACE of 64.6.Hurdat

The cumulative ACE for the 2006 season was toward the lower end of the official "Near Normal" grading. The number of tropical storms and hurricanes was near the long-term average. [Cite web|author=Climate Prediction Center|title=Historical Atlantic Seasonal Activity|year=2006|publisher=NOAA|accessdate=2008-05-01|url=http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/outlooks/figure2.gif] Hurricane Helene had the highest rating of the season with a total ACE of 24.3, and Hurricane Gordon came in second highest, having a total ACE of 22.2. The unnamed tropical storm had the lowest, totaling to 0.654. The season total ACE was 78.535.

torm names

The names listed were used for named storms formed in the North Atlantic during 2006. No names were retired, and so this list will be reused in the 2012 season. The list is the same as that used in the 2000 season except for Kirk, which replaced Keith. No storm was given a previously unused name, for the first time since the 1993 season. It was the first hurricane season since the 1997 season that no Atlantic names were retired. It was also the first hurricane season during the 21st century that no names have been retired.

The World Meteorological Organization determined at its annual meeting in the spring of 2006 to again use names from the Greek alphabet, starting with Alpha, if the main list should become exhausted. [cite web |author = Bevan | title = Tropical Weather Outlook | date = June 1, 2006 | accessdate = 2006-06-17 |publisher = National Hurricane Center | url=ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/Outlook-A/2006060109.ABNT20]

eason impact

TC stats cyclone|cat=storm|name=Alberto|dates=June 10 – June 14
max-winds=70 |min-press=995|ace= 2.6TC stats cyclone|cat=storm|name=Unnamed|dates=July 17 – July 18
max-winds=50|min-press=998|ace= 0.645TC stats cyclone|cat=storm|name=Beryl|dates=July 18 – July 21
max-winds=60|min-press=1000|ace= 2.1TC stats table end|num-cyclones-text="'10 cyclones|dates=June 10 – October 2 |max-winds=120|min-press=955
num-cyclones-text=10 cyclones|tot-ace=81.7|num-landfalls=6|tot-da
500
tot-deaths=7 (7)

ee also

*List of Atlantic hurricanes
*List of Atlantic hurricane seasons
*2006 Pacific hurricane season
*2006 Pacific typhoon season
*2006 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
*South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 2005–06, 2006–07
*Australian region cyclone seasons: 2005–06, 2006–07
*South Pacific cyclone seasons: 2005–06, 2006–07

References

External links

* [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ National Hurricane Center (NHC)]
** [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/MIATWOAT.shtml NHC's Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook] – updated four times daily
** [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2006/ NHC's 2006 Advisory Archive]
* [http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/2006.html HPC's Rainfall Page] for tropical cyclones which affected the United States in 2006
* [http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/2006/ Unisys' 2006 Season Page] – includes map of paths of all storms
* [http://images.ibsys.com/sh/hurricanetracker/hurtracker.swf Flash Hurricane Tracker] – track active and archived hurricanes.
* [http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/tc_home.html NRL hurricane page] – Naval Research Laboratory page with extensive archives on individual storms
* [http://www.ambiental.co.uk/downloads/2006.html 2006 Hurricanes - Free Google Earth ^TM Hurricane tracker]