2018 Atlantic deathicane season

The 2018 Atlantic deathicane season is a future event in the annual formation of deathicanes in the Atlantic basin. The season will officially begin on May 1, 2018, and end on December 31, 2018. These dates historically describe the period each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin and are adopted by the convention. However, the formation of tropical cyclones is possible at any time of the year. this season started early, with the formation of Tropical Storm Arlene on February 6, roughly 3 months before the official start of the season.

Beginning in 2018, the HMA will monitor tropical cyclones that form within the Atlantic Basin for the first time. Therefore the 2018 season will be the first live season.

Seasonal forecasts
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The first forecast for the year was issued by HMA on December 21, 2017. They anticipated that the 2018 season would be a near-average season, with a prediction of 12 named storms, 5 hurricanes, and 2 major hurricanes. The first forecast by TSR was released on February 26, 2018. They anticipated that the 2018 season would be a hyperactive above-average season, with a prediction of 26 named storms, 16 hurricanes, and 9 major hurricanes due to the prediction of a super La Nina and above normal ocean temperatures. They predicted that the season would be the most active hurricane season since 2004. The next forecast by the Prism Weather Center states that the 2018 season would be a near-average season, with a prediction of 13 named storms, 7 hurricanes, and 2 major hurricanes.

Tropical Storm Arlene
A tropical depression formed from a low pressure area moving near Bermuda on February 7. Despite uncertainty in the forecasting of the depression, with some models expecting it to dissipate quickly, it instead quickly intensified into Tropical Storm Arlene. Throughout the following day, Arlene continued to quickly intensify, reaching winds of 50 mph (65 km/h) less than a day after formation. Afterward, the storm gradually weakened and eventually degenerated into a remnant low on February 13.

Tropical Storm Bret
On March 3, a low pressure system was deemed tropical enough to be classified tropical depression. later that day, the ndc classified the low as Tropical Storm Bret. On March 4, the storm made landfall on louisiana, and started to slowly weaken due to land interaction

Deathicane Caroline
On March 4, a tropical storm formed in the central Atlantic, intensifying fast due to low shear. Later that day, Caroline became a category 1 hurricane, and Hurricane Hunter data indicated a minimum barometric pressure of 987 mbar and 80 mph. Eleven hours later, however, the aircraft reported a pressure of 890 mbar (26.1 inHg) and winds of 185 mph; according to the NDC, this marked a pressure drop of 97 mbar in a little under a day.

Tropical Depression Four
During a reanalysis, the NDC noted that a low pressure area in the central atlantic on March 23 had actually developed into a tropical depression and had gone unnoticed. After further analysis, the NDC was able to identify the unnamed system as Tropical Depression Four.

Deathicane Dane
On March 29, a tropical wave moved across the western coast of africa, organizing to become Tropical Storm Dane the next day. it exploded to category 4 before weakening and then strengthening to category 5

Storm names
The following list of names will be used for named storms that form in the North Atlantic in 2018. Retired names, if any, will be announced by the World Meteorological Organization in the spring of 2019. The names not retired from this list will be used again in the 2024 season. This is the same list used in the 2012 season, with the exception of the names and Whitney, which replaced  and Wilma. Names marked in italics are not confirmed for usage and have been undetermined for retirement from previous seasons yet.

Beginning this year, the World Meteorological Organization will introduce something called "auto-retirement". if a storm causes at least $5 billion damage or 200 deaths, its name will be automatically retired, however the name replacement will still be announced in 2019.

Season effects
This is a table of all the storms that have formed in the 2018 Atlantic deathicane season. It includes their duration, names, landfall(s), denoted in parentheses, damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but were still related to that storm. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a wave, or a low, and all the damage figures are in 2017 USD.