2099 Atlantic Hurricane Season

The 2099 Atlantic Hurricane Season was a below average season with only 6 depressions, 4 named storms, 2 hurricanes and 1 major hurricane. The first storm formed on July 17 and the last storm dissipated on October 31. Hurricane Dan was the strongest storm with winds of 140 mph and 981 mb pressure.

Tropical Storm Avon (July 17-20)
Tropical Storm Avon started as a weak tropical low off the coast of Florida. It fed off of very warm water around 92 degrees. The wind shear became minimal to almost nothing on the morning of July 17 and at the 5 P.M. advisory it had became Tropical Depression One. It then started drifting north at 3-5 MPH and was on a collision course for coastal NC. It had rapidly developed into a 50 MPH tropical storm at 2 A.M. on July 19. Development slowed but just before landfall on Atlantic Beach, NC for the 11 A.M. advisory it was a 65 MPH tropcial storm, it soon made landfall at 11:17 A.M. It produced flooding rains at it stalled over central NC. It dissipated on July 20 over northern NC.



Tropical Storm Barry (August 10-
A weak tropical wave came off the coase of Africa near the Cape Verde Islands.