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The article offers information on the tropical cyclone activity in the Atlantic basin during the 2014 season which was considered below average. It mentions that six out of the eight tropical storms that formed, became hurricanes, reaching major hurricane strength. It cites the hurricanes that hit East Coast of the U.S. which include Hurricane Arthur that made a landfall in North Carolina.

The hurricane season of 2008 in the eastern North Pacific basin is summarized, and the individual tropical cyclones are described. Official track and intensity forecasts of these cyclones are also evaluated. The 2008 eastern North Pacific season was relatively quiet, with overall activity at about 75% of the long-term median. A total of 16 tropical storms formed, of which 7 became hurricanes and 2 became major hurricanes. One hurricane, one tropical storm, and two tropical depressions made landfall in Mexico, causing eight direct deaths in that country along with significant property damage. In addition, Tropical Storm Alma was the first tropical cyclone on record to make landfall along the Pacific coast of Nicaragua. On average, the official track forecasts in the eastern Pacific for 2008 were quite skillful and set records for accuracy from 1 to 3 days. However, no appreciable improvement in mean intensity forecast skill was noted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the eastern North Pacific tropical cyclone activity in 2008. It says that the season was below average with only 16 tropical storms appeared, in which 7 became hurricanes and 2 became major hurricanes. Meanwhile, the significant events of the year were Hurricane Norbert, the strongest storm on record to strike the western Baja California peninsula, and Tropical Storm Alma, which became the only tropical storm on record to make landfall along the Pacific coast of Nicaragua.

The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active of record. Twenty-eight storms occurred, including 27 tropical storms and one subtropical storm. Fifteen of the storms became hurricanes, and seven of these became major hurricanes. Additionally, there were two tropical depressions and one subtropical depression. Numerous records for single-season activity were set, including most storms, most hurricanes, and highest accumulated cyclone energy index. Five hurricanes and two tropical storms made landfall in the United States, including four major hurricanes. Eight other cyclones made landfall elsewhere in the basin, and five systems that did not make landfall nonetheless impacted land areas. The 2005 storms directly caused nearly 1700 deaths. This includes approximately 1500 in the United States from Hurricane Katrina—the deadliest U.S. hurricane since 1928. The storms also caused well over $100 billion in damages in the United States alone, making 2005 the costliest hurricane season of record. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The 2005 eastern North Pacific hurricane season is summarized, the individual tropical cyclones are described, and official track and intensity forecasts are verified and evaluated. The season’s overall activity was, by most measures, below average. While a near-average 15 tropical storms formed, many of them were relatively weak and short-lived. Seven of these storms became hurricanes, but only one reached major hurricane status (an intensity of 100 kt or greater on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale) in the eastern North Pacific basin. One of the hurricanes, Adrian, approached Central America in May but weakened to a tropical depression prior to landfall. Adrian was the only eastern North Pacific tropical cyclone to make landfall during 2005, and it was directly responsible for one fatality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information on tropical storms and hurricanes that struck the eastern North Pacific area in 2006. There were eighteen tropical storms in the area, and ten of these developed into hurricanes. The storms and hurricanes that hit the area include Tropical Storm Aletta, Hurricane Bud and Hurricane Carlotta.

The 2004 eastern North Pacific hurricane season is reviewed. It was a below-average season in terms of number of systems and landfalls. There were 12 named tropical cyclones, of which 8 became hurricanes. None of the tropical storms or hurricanes made landfall, and there were no reports of deaths or damage. A description of each cyclone is provided, and track and intensity forecasts for the season are evaluated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The 2004 Atlantic hurricane season is summarized, and the year’s tropical and subtropical cyclones are described. Fifteen named storms, including six “major” hurricanes, developed in 2004. Overall activity was nearly two and a half times the long-term mean. The season was one of the most devastating on record, resulting in over 3100 deaths basinwide and record property damage in the United States. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The intensity issue of hurricanes is addressed in this paper using the angular momentum budget of a hurricane in storm-relative cylindrical coordinates and a scale-interaction approach. In the angular momentum budget in storm-relative coordinates, a large outer angular momentum of the hurricane is depleted continually along inflowing trajectories. This depletion occurs via surface and planetary boundary layer friction, model diffusion, and “cloud torques”; the latter is a principal contributor to the diminution of outer angular momentum. The eventual angular momentum of the parcel near the storm center determines the storm’s final intensity. The scale-interaction approach is the familiar energetics in the wavenumber domain where the eddy and zonal kinetic energy on the hurricane scale offer some insights on its intensity. Here, however, these are cast in storm-centered local cylindrical coordinates as a point of reference. The wavenumbers include azimuthally averaged wavenumber 0, principal hurricane-scale asymmetries (wavenumbers 1 and 2, determined from datasets) and other scales. The main questions asked here relate to the role of the individual cloud scales in supplying energy to the scales of the hurricane, thus contributing to its intensity. A principal finding is that cloud scales carry most of their variance, via organized convection, directly on the scales of the hurricane. The generation of available potential energy and the transformation of eddy kinetic energy from the cloud scale are in fact directly passed on to the hurricane scale by the vertical overturning processes on the hurricane scale. Less of the kinetic energy is generated on the scales of individual clouds that are of the order of a few kilometers. The other major components of the energetics are the kinetic-to-kinetic energy exchange and available potential-to-available potential energy exchange among different scales. These occur via triad interaction and were noted to be essentially downscale transfer, that is, a cascading process. It is the balance among these processes that seems to dictate the final intensity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The 2003 Atlantic hurricane season is described. The season was very active, with 16 tropical storms, 7 of which became hurricanes. There were 49 deaths directly attributed to this year’s tropical cyclones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The tropical cyclone activity for 2003 in the eastern North Pacific hurricane basin is summarized. Activity during 2003 was slightly below normal. Sixteen tropical storms developed, seven of which became hurricanes. However, there were no major hurricanes in the basin for the first time since 1977. The first hurricane did not form until 24 August, the latest observed first hurricane at least since reliable satellite observations began in 1966. Five tropical cyclones made landfall on the Pacific coast of Mexico, resulting in 14 deaths. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Provides information on several tropical cyclones that have developed into hurricanes and tropical storms in the Eastern North Pacific in 2004. Agatha; Blas; Celia; Tropical Depression Sixteen-E.

Hurricane Andrew of 1992 caused unprecedented economic devastation along its path through the Bahamas, southeastern Florida, and Louisiana. Damage in the United States was estimated to be $26 billion (in 1992 dollars), making Andrew one of the most expensive natural disasters in U.S. history. This hurricane struck southeastern Florida with maximum 1-min surface winds estimated in a 1992 poststorm analysis at 125 kt (64 m s-1). This original assessment was primarily based on an adjustment of aircraft reconnaissance flight-level winds to the surface. Based on recent advancements in the understanding of the eyewall wind structure of major hurricanes, the official intensity of Andrew was adjusted upward for five days during its track across the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico by the National Hurricane Center Best Track Change Committee. In particular, Andrew is now assessed by the National Hurricane Center to be a Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale category-5 hurricane (the highest intensity category possible) at its landfall in southeastern Florida, with maximum 1-min winds of 145 kt (75 m s-1). This makes Andrew only the third category-5 hurricane to strike the United States since at least 1900. Implications for how this change impacts society's planning for such extreme events are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Activity during the 2001 hurricane season was similar to that of the 2000 season. Fifteen tropical storms developed, with nine becoming hurricanes and four major hurricanes. Two tropical depressions failed to become tropical storms. Similarities to the 2000 season include overall activity much above climatological levels and most of the cyclones occurring over the open Atlantic north of 25°N. The overall "lateness" of the season was notable, with 11 named storms, including all the hurricanes, forming after 1 September. There were no hurricane landfalls in the United States for the second year in a row. However, the season's tropical cyclones were responsible for 93 deaths, including 41 from Tropical Storm Allison in the United States, and 48 from Hurricanes Iris and Michelle in the Caribbean. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the hurricanes that formed in the Atlantic basin in 2002. Tropical storm Arthur originating from the eastern Gulf of Mexico; Tropical storm Cristobal originating from the South Carolina coast; Tropical storm Edouard originating from a tropical disturbance on the east of Daytona Beach, Florida.

There were 11 tropical storms, 6 hurricanes, and 2 tropical depressions during the 2000 eastern North Pacific hurricane season. Two tropical storms made landfall in Mexico. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The 1995 eastern North Pacific hurricane season is reviewed. The activity comprised 11 tropical cyclones, consisting of seven hurricanes, three tropical storms, and one tropical depression. Hurricane Ismael caused a large loss of life in the southern Gulf of California. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]