2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast And Storm Names

April 8 2022

Researchers at Colorado State University have come out with their forecast for the Atlantic Hurricane Season, and it should be busy again.

Dr. William Gray pioneered long range forecasting and impacts of teleconnections from other parts of the world on tropical development. Since his death in 2016, Dr. Phil Klotzbach and his research team continue this work with remarkable accuracy. It is a primary factor with the NOAA and The National Hurricane Center.

Below you can find the CSU Forecast, 2022 Storm Names

Forecast:

By Philip J. Klotzbach1 and Michael M. Bell2

In Memory of William M. Gray3

This is expected to be anther above average season. The influence of the upper level winds from the Pacific Ocean should be light. This is due to a light and weakening La Niña towards neutral. The odds of a significant El Niño is unlikely. That has a history of increasing upper level winds resulting in sheer and less hurricanes in the Atlantic.

PROBABILITIES FOR AT LEAST ONE MAJOR (CATEGORY 3-4-5) HURRICANE LANDFALL ON EACH OF THE FOLLOWING COASTAL AREAS:

• 71% – Entire US Coastline.  Average last century was 52%

• 47% East Coast. Average last century was 31%

PROBABILITY FOR AT LEAST ONE MAJOR (CATEGORY 3-4-5) HURRICANE TRACKING INTO THE CARIBBEAN

• 60% compared to Average Last Century = 42%

Compare Other Forecasts:

Average Vs NOAA Vs AccuWeather Vs Colorado State

2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season outlooks are out, and it looks to be another active year! While it doesn’t look to be as crazy as 2020, top tropical scientists from NOAA, AccuWeather, and Colorado State University all predict above normal activity. #tropicalwx #hurricaneseason pic.twitter.com/xrnNRKLyHK

— Beth Carpenter | TDS Weather (@B_Carp01) May 24, 2021

ACE – Accumulated Cyclone Energy

Forecast 160 compared to average 123 from 1991 to 2020

NUMBER OF STORMS DOES NOT DETERMINE WHAT WILL REACH LAND

• 1992: Only 7 storms were named, but one of them was the devastating Category 5 Andrew that crushed south Florida. 
• 1983: Only 4 storms were named, but one of them was Category 4 Alicia pummeled south Texas,
• 2010: There were 19 named storms with 12 becoming hurricanes. None reached the US shores.

Storm Names

2020 brought us a record 30 named storms and a big change to the naming system.

The Greek Alphabet was used (as was in 2005), when the name list was completed. 

The World Meteorological Organization decided it caused added confusion, so a secondary list is waiting indefinitely. If that is not used this year, it will be waiting for when it may be needed.

2021 brought us 21 names storms

Tropical Storm Names: Atlantic for 2022

Alex

Bonni

Colin

Danielle

Earl

Fiona

Gaston

Hermine

Ian

Julia

Karl

Lisa

Martin

Nicole

Owen

Paula

Richard

Shary

Tobias

Virginie

Walter

Supplemental List (If the main list gets used up

ADRIA

BRAYLEN

CARIDAD

DESHAWN

EMERY

FOSTER

GEMMA

HEATH

ISLA

JACOBUS

KENZIE

LUCIO

MAKAYLA

NOLAN

ORLANDA

PAX

RONIN

SOPHIE

TAYSHAUN

VIVIANA

WILL

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