2019 Hypothetical ATL Hurricane Season (a random storm)

2019 was an above average season, with 15 named storms, 9 hurricanes and 6 major hurricanes (3 category 5 major hurricanes). This was also the costliest season on record, surpassing 2017. This season also had a HUGE number of deaths making it the third or fourth deadliest Atlantic season in worldwide history.

This is the first season where Category 6 was used. Category 6 storms and higher are considered Hyper hurricanes.

Category 6 from 174 mph to 191 mph, Category 7 from 192 mph to 206 mph, Category 8 from 207 mph to 221 mph, Category 9 from 222 mph to 241 mph and Category 10 is 242 mph+

## Pre-Season predictions: (remember this is hypothetical)

The first prediction was going for a below-average season with only 7 named storms, 1 hurricane and 0 major hurricane due to a Super El-Niño. Next prediction was going for below-average again with 11 named storms, 4 hurricanes and 1 major. The third prediction though, went for an above-average season with 17 named storms, 8 hurricanes and 4 majors. And then, the fourth prediction was extreme. It's about a hyperactive season with 24 named storms, 13 hurricanes and 7 majors. Buuuuut there was still one more prediction, of course... duh, which was about a hyperactive season again, with 19 named storms, 10 hurricanes and 6 major hurricanes!

## Mid-Season predictions:

In July, a prediction came out and it said that this season will be a near-average with only 13 named storms, 5 hurricanes and 2 majors. In August another prediction came out (and that was the final) which said that this season will be above-average with 16 named storms, 7 hurricanes and 4 major hurricanes. There was also a prediction in SEPTEMBER which was about above-average with 16 named storms, 9 hurricanes and 3 major hurricanes.

## Special image

Imelda (right) and Jerry (left), major twins at peak intensity at the same time.

## Systems

### Andrea

125mph, 965mb

August 4 - August 9

Florida landfall 50mph

$50M damage

1 death

### Barry

100mph, 980mb

August 11 - August 23

Extratropical landfall in Scotland

$250K damage

No deaths

### Chantal

80mph, 991mb

August 20 - August 23

No landfall

### DORIAN

155mph, 925mb

August 31 - September 14

Landfall Dominica

Landfall Yucatan

Landfall Mexico

$35.8B damage

2528 deaths

### ERIN

180mph, 907mb

September 3 - September 10

Landfall North Carolina

Landfall New York

Landfall Nova Scotia

Landfall Newfoundland

$97.3B damage

264 deaths

### Fernand

September 6 - September 7

45mph, 1005mb

Landfall Azores

$25K damage

No deaths

### Gabrielle

September 6 - September 7

60mph, 999mb

Landfall Mexico

$50K damage

7 deaths

### Humberto

September 12 - September 14

70mph, 998mb

Landfall Cape Verde

Extratropical landfall Portugal

$125M damage

24 deaths

### Imelda (right) and Jerry (left)

Imelda - 190mph, 904mb

Jerry - 170mph, 909mb

Imelda - no landfall

Jerry - no landfall

Imelda - September 18 - September 23

Jerry - September 19 - September 22

### Karen

Peak 1 - 150mph, 908mb (record pressure for a Category 4)

Peak 2 - 140mph, 935mb

September 26 - October 2 (Exited Basin) - October 8 (Entered Basin) -

October 10

Landfall in Yucatan

Landfall in Mexico

Landfall in Mexico (EPAC)

Landfall in New Orleans

$150B Damage (Record high worldwide)

5583 Deaths

### Lorenzo

September 29 - October 2

65mph, 1001mb

No landfall

### Melissa

October 10 - November 15 (36 days lived, record high worldwide)

90mph, 990mb

Affected Portugal and UK a little bit

$200M Damage

2 death

### Nestor

October 23 - October 25

Smallest storm in recorded history!

60mph, 1003mb

Landfall in Cuba, $25M, 4 deaths

### Olga

November 17 - November 27

50mph, 1004mb

No landfall

## Season summary

 Barry
 Chantal
 Dorian
 Erin
 Fernand
 Gabrielle
 Humberto
 Imelda
 Jerry
 Karen
 Lorenzo
 Melissa
 Nestor
 Olga
 Total

### Total damage

$283,975,075,000 ($283.97B record high, older: 2017 - $282.28B)

### Total deaths

8,413 deaths (third or fourth deadliest Atlantic season)

## Retirement

On April 1, 2020, at the 42nd session of the RA IV hurricane committee, the WMO retired the names Dorian, Erin and Karen from its rotating naming lists due to the number of deaths and amount of damage they caused, and they will not be used again for another Atlantic hurricane. They will be replaced with Drew, Ellie and Kara for the 2025 season, respectively.

## Storm names

The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 2019. The names not retired from this list will be used again in the 2025 season. This was the same list used in the 2013 season, with the exception of the name Imelda, which replaced Ingrid. No names were used for the first time in 2019.

 Barry
 Chantal
 Dorian
 Erin
 Fernand
 Gabrielle

## See also

[1]2020 Hypothetical ATL Hurricane Season

[2]Florida

[3]Rules