Sandy, 2012’s ninth hurricane, became a huge storm with wind and rain bands reaching out 500 km or more from the storm center, produced 15-50 cm of rain and flooding in Jamaica, Bermuda, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba, New Jersey, and New York

1. SUPER STORM SANDY:
OCT. 29-30, 2012

2. 2013 ATLANTIC BASIN
HURRICANE SEASON

3. SUPER STORM SANDY:
OCT. 29-30, 2012

4. LOOKING BACK AT 2012

5. ACTUAL STORMS
EXCEEDED THE FORECAST
FORECAST: 15 NAMED STORMS
WITH 4-8
BECOMING HURRICANES

6. ACTUAL STORMS
EXCEEDED THE FORECAST
FORECAST: 15 NAMED STORMS
WITH 4-8
BECOMING HURRICANES

7. ACTUAL: TWENTY NAMED
STORMS; 10 HURRICANES

8. NAMED STORMS IN 2012
• ALBERTO - Tropical storm; May 19
• BERYL - Tropical storm; May 27
• CHRIS – Hurricane; June 21
• DEBBY – Tropical storm; June 23
• ERNESTO –Hurricane; Aug 3
• FLORENCE –Tropical storm: Aug 5
• GORDON –Hurricane, August 16

9. SUPER STORM SANDY:
OCT. 29-30, 2012

10. NAMED STORMS FOR 2012
• HELENE –Tropical Storm, Aug. 19
• ISAAC – Hurricane, August 21
• JOYCE –Tropical Storm, Aug. 25
• KIRK –Tropical Storm. Aug. 27
• LESLIE –Hurricane, Sept. 5
• MICHAEL –Hurricane, Sept. 5
• NADINE – Hurricane, Sept. 12

11. NAMED STORMS IN 2012
• OSCAR – Tropical Storm; Oct. 4
• PATTY – Tropical Storm; Oct. 11
• RAFAEL – Hurricane; October 12
• SANDY– Super Hurricane; October
22
• TONY – Tropical Storm; Oct. 24

12. SANDY: OCTOBER 24
Sandy, 2012’s ninth hurricane, became a
huge storm with wind and rain bands
reaching out 500 km or more from the
storm center, produced 15-50 cm of rain
and flooding in Jamaica, Bermuda, Haiti,
Dominican Republic, Cuba, New Jersey,
and New York

13. CAT I HURRICANE SANDY:
OCTOBER 24

14. SANDY: RAIN IN HAITI

15. SANDY REACHES HAVANA.
CUBA: OCTOBER 25

16. SANDY: RAIN IN CUBA

17. SANDY: RAIN BEGINS IN FT
LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA; OCT. 26

18. OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND

19. REHOBOTH BEACH,
DELAWARE: OCT. 29

20. SUPER STORM SANDY:
OCT. 29-30, 2012

21. $360 MILLION STORM SURGE,
NEW HAVEN, CT: OCT. 30

22. FLOODING IN BROOKLYN

23. NEW JERSEY: ATLANTIC
CITY UNDER WATER

24. NEW JERSEY: OCEAN
FRONT FLOODING

25. NEW JERSEY: STREET
FLOODING

26. LOOKING AHEAD TO 2013

27. FORECAST OF THE NATIONAL
OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
ADMINISTRATION
FORECAST: 13-20 NAMED STORMS
WITH 7-10
BECOMING HURRICANES

28. WHERE STORMS ARE
EXPECTED IN JUNE--JULY

29. NAMES OF 2013’S STORMS
• ANDREA - Tropical storm; June 5
• BARRY - Tropical storm; June 19
• CHANTAL – Tropical storm; July 7
• DORIAN –
• ERIN –
• FERNAND –
• GABRIELLE –

30. NAMES OF 2013’S STORMS
• HUMBERTO –
• INGRID –
• JERRY –
• KAREN –
• LORENZO –
• MELISSA –
• NESTOR –

31. NAMES OF 2013’S STORMS
• OLGA –
• PABLO –
• REBEKAH –
• SEBASTIEN –
• TANYA –
• VAN --
• WENDY --

32. TROPICAL STORM ANDREA
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FIRST STORM OF 2013 SEASON

33. ANDREA: HUNE 5, 2013

34. TROPICAL STORM BARRY
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SECOND STORM OF 2012 SEASON

35. BARRY: JUNE 19, 2013

36. TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL
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THIRD STORM OF 2012 SEASON

37. TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL:
JULY 8, 2013

38. TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL IS
MOVING QUICKLY; JULY 8, 2013

39. A tropical storm warning
has been issued for Puerto
Rico, Barbados, Dominica,
Saint Lucia, Martinique,
Guadeloupe, and Miami.
July 8th

40. TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL
FORECAST; JULY 8, 2013

41. TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL
ACTUAL; JULY 14, 2013