2018 Hurricane Season

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Published 2018-11-26

The 2018 Atlantic hurricane season officially concludes on Nov. 30. Hurricanes Florence and Michael caused significant damage in the southeastern U.S. In total, the season produced 15 named storms, including eight hurricanes of which two were “major” (Category 3, 4 or 5). The 2018 hurricane season was the first since 2008 to have four named storms active at the same time (Florence, Helene, Isaac and Joyce).

For the first time, the GOES East satellite was able to see the entire Atlantic basin from its operational location of 75.2 degrees west longitude. This allows us to show storms as they form off the coast of Africa and then enter the Atlantic.

All Comments (21)

@ASTracking 5 years ago

IN THE EPAC: 0:16 Aletta 0:28 Bud 0:46 Carlotta 1:30 Emilia 1:34 Fabio 3:26 Ileana and John 4:52 Olivia 5:51 Nineteen-E 6:08 Rosa 6:20 Sergio 7:08 Tara 7:29 Vicente 7:31 Willa 8:13 Xavier Can't discount the EPAC with its record-shattering season!
@carterweiss9375 3 years ago

8:17 if you look in the pacific that hurricane looked like it got its soul stripped away but it’s spirit remained
@javafloof 4 years ago

Leslie lasted for a while lmao. She was just checkin the other hurricanes :D
@mofuhh 5 years ago

I always found this funny. I knew this girl for two years, meeting her in 2016. It was around Matthew hit and she was around whenever we were going through it. Her and I started dating February 2017. Lasted until September when Irma hit. She was an unfaithful one, putting me through too much to even bare. We don't speak anymore and I find it funny how the year we don't speak, no hurricane hits me. I'm in Florida, and Michael went right on our side so we weren't affected at all. It was like some sort of sign. Completely irrelevant but I felt like sharing.
@supertornadogun1690 4 years ago

Well, that escalated quickly.
@stajanlickers4455 4 years ago

4:49 Florence, the 2nd notable storm 6:50 Michael, the most notable storm of the 2018 season.
@tomas12912 4 years ago

That pulsing clouds everyday on the left of the screen. Wow.
@thefuturek1ng230 5 years ago

Did anybody notice that in 2008 there were 4 storms active at the same time. 10 Years later, and in 2018 there were 4 storms active at the same time!!
@tylerburton__ 5 years ago

Leslie was out there for so long.
@Smartphone775 4 years ago

The replacement names for Florence and Michael were Francine and Milton, respectively.
@MemphisTiger 5 years ago

What's cool is at about the 3:09 mark you can see a big blast of Saharan dust explode off the African continent.
@GARails 4 years ago

6:59 Florida: Tactical Nuke... INCOMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Trex531 5 years ago

Wow, it’s such interesting to see the dynamics of our atmosphere during hurricane season. Actually one can see one or two storms of the eastern pacific. Would be great you could make a video similar to this of that region.
@ckruxisadog 3 years ago

When a Hurricane dies out on screen Me: Interesting
@jasonvorhees8351 5 years ago

4:49
@mallarina 5 years ago

This might be a dumb question, but how is the whole season in daylight? Is it just the IR satellite images made to appear like the visible satellite?
@rootsmanuva82 3 years ago

My biggest takeaway was the never ending chilly upper level-lows and troughs over the East Coast, especially the Northeast right into August. Normally the "spring" weather pattern of cut-off lows and troughs breaks up by early July at the latest.
@Kbisblack 4 years ago

6:42 Leslie stop doing that ur not hurricane sandy
@StanballMapping 5 years ago

0:32 All hale the Pacific(i see Aletta and Bud)
@stephenl2571 4 years ago

5:32 watching a time lapse of the loss of my house and my poor Jeep