2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season

The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane season was an extremely active Atlantic hurricane season and the 4th most active on record. There were a few notable storms, the most notable being Idalia which made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida in August as a Category 4. Other notable storms include 01L, Franklin, Lee, Ophelia, Philippe, and Tammy. Hurricane Franklin became the first Category 5 in the Atlantic since Hurricane Iota in 2020.

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## Storms

### Tropical Storm 01L

On January 16, A tropical wave was noticed off the coast of Massachusetts. By that night, it became a Tropical Storm but was unrecognized by the NHC. On January 17, it turned subtropical and made landfall in Canada, dissipating around 12 hours later. It was eventually recognized as a tropical storm by the NHC.

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### Tropical Storm Arlene

On May 30, a tropical wave was noticed in the Gulf of Mexico and moved north-west towards the Gulf Coast of the US. It turned north on May 31 and north-west on June 1. Later that day, it became Tropical Depression 02L and turned south. On June 2, it became Tropical Storm Arlene and turned south-east and south on June 3. Later that day it weakened to a Tropical Depression. Arlene turned east that night and dissipated.

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### Tropical Storm Bret

On June 16, a tropical wave formed about 150 miles south of Cape Verde and headed slightly north-west. The wave turned west around 12 hours later. The wave continued to move west for a few days before turning northwest on June 18 and due west again that night. On June 19, it became Tropical Depression 03L and Tropical Storm Bret a few hours later. Bret was fairly weak for the first day and a half of it becoming a tropical storm before intensifying. Bret began to more rapidly intensify and reached it's peak on the morning of June 22 with winds of 70mph and a pressure of 995mb. This was slightly weaker than the NHC's prediction's which had it peaking as a 75mph Category 1. That night, Bret made landfall on Barbados with winds of 65mph and a pressure of 997mb. 6 hours later on the morning of June 23, it made landfall on St. Vincent with winds of 60mph and a pressure of 999mb. Bret rapidly weakened as it moved into the western Carribean. Bret barely held tropical storm status and had a pressure of barely above the planet average (1013mb) for a day and a half before dissipating on the night of June 24.

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### Tropical Storm Cindy

On June 18, a tropical wave formed near where the low that spawned Tropical Storm Bret formed and headed west. On June 20, the wave turned north-west and west again on June 21. On June 22, the wave became Tropical Depression 04L and became Tropical Storm Cindy about 18 hours later. Cindy slightly strengthened and turned north-west on June 23. The next morning, Cindy reached it's peak with winds of 60mph and a pressure of 998mb. Cindy held it's intensity for about 18 hours before weakening again. It began rapidly weakening shortly after it's slight weakening. On June 26, Cindy turned extra-tropical and dissipated the next night.

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### Hurricane Don

On July 10, a tropical wave formed a few hundred miles north of Bermuda. The wave gradually moved east-northeast before turning south of July 11. The wave again, gradually went in that direction before slowly curving east on July 13. The wave turned fully north on the night of July 13 and became Subtropical Storm Don. Don headed north and north-west for a few hours, but turned back north-west and due north again all in the same day. Don gradually moved north-northwest and turned fully north again on the night of July 15. On July 16, Don degenerated to a Subtropical Depression and turned east. July 17, Don turned west-southwest becoming a full Tropical Storm at midnight on July 18. Don turned due south a few hours later while not really strengthening. On July 19, Don slowly turned due west and turned west-northwest before turning fully north-west on July 21. dun curved due north on the night on July 21 to the morning of July 22, briefly reaching hurricane status. Don turned north-northwest soon after losing hurricane status while slowly weakening. On July 24, Don curved west before becoming extra-tropical and dissipating that night.

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### Tropical Storm Emily

On August 16, a tropical wave formed off the coast of Africa and headed due west. That night, it turned north-west before slowly curving due west again on August 18. On August 19, it made a sharp turn north. On August 20, it turned north-west and became Tropical Storm Emily. Emily was not a tropical storm for very long and was down to Tropical Depression status the next morning. Emily turned post-tropical and dissipated that night.

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### Hurricane Franklin

On August 18, A tropical wave formed west of the Lesser Antilles. On August 19, It moved through the southern Lesser Antilles and started to become more well defined. On August 20, it became Tropical Storm Franklin and gradually headed, west-northwest. Franklin sharply turned south on August 21 before stalling that night into the next morning. Franklin headed north-west on the afternoon of August 22. Franklin turned due north and turned north-northwest on August 23 and made landfall about 30 miles south of Santa Cruz de Barahona in the Dominican Republic with winds of 50mph and a pressure of 1000mb. That night, Franklin moved back over water into the open Atlantic. Franklin turned east-northeast on August 24 and made a sharp turn south on August 25. Franklin slowly turned north east that night before turning north-west on August 26. Franklin became a Category 1 hurricane shortly after turning north-west and turned slightly north as it began to rapidly intensify. The next day, it turned back to a similar angle as before, and reached Category 2. Franklin turned north-northwest as it reached category 2 before turning west-northwest that night. Franklin turned north-northwest on August 28 and became a Category 3 major hurricane shortly after, the first of the Atlantic in 2023. Around 6 hours later, Franklin became a Category 4 and turned entirely north. That night, Franklin became the first Category 5 in the Atlantic since Hurricane Iota in 2020. Franklin lost Category 5 status around 8 hours later and slowly weakened as it turned north-northeast. Franklin turned entirely north-east that night and went down to Category 3 and category 2 a few hours later. Franklin turned east-northeast on August 30 and stalled in it's intensity. On August 31, Franklin turned north-east and weakened down to Category 1. On the night of September 1, Franklin turned extra-tropical. It turned east-northeast on September 3 and east-southeast on September 4 and dissipated on September 6.

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### Tropical Storm Gert

On August 19, Tropical Depression 05L formed and moved west. On August 20, it turned south-west and turned due west again. On August 21, it unexpectedly became Tropical Storm Gert, However, it lost tropical storm status 12 hours later. The next morning it degenerate into a tropical low, before meandering around for about 4 days. It turned due north on August 26, where the NHC stopped tracking it. On August 29, it was marked by the NHC for potential redevelopment it turned south-west about an hour later. it turned north again before turning north-east that night. It turned due north the next day before turning east on August 31. It turned north-east the same day. It turned east on September 1 and was re-designated as a tropical depression. It turned south and re-attained tropical storm status. it turned west on September 2 before south-east about 6 hours later. It turned north-north east. On September 3, Gert peaked with winds of 60mph and a pressure of 997mb. On September 4, gert turned north and dissipated.

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### Tropical Storm Harold

On August 21, Tropical Depression 09L formed in the Gulf of Mexico, and moved west. On August 22, it became Tropical Storm Harold, and made landfall that afternoon just south of Corpus Christi, Texas. It lost tropical storm status and turned north-east the next morning and dissipated the next afternoon.

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