2018 Atlantic hurricane season (Doug-Live)

The 2018 Atlantic hurricane season is an ongoing event that began on June 1 and will end on November 30, these dates determine cyclonic activity in the Atlantic Ocean, however storms may form at anytime of the year as proven by Tropical Storm Andrew, which formed in early may, so far the season has been sligtly below average with a total of 10 named storms haved formed, the most notable storm was Hurricane Erik which struck Texas as a category two hurricane the storm is also the strongest.

Tropical Storm Andrew
Main Article:Tropical Storm Andrew (2018) A trough of low pressure associated with an upper level low, the low managed to break off from the trough and slowly enerted the carribean sea from the north, causing isolated showers in Puerto Rico, the low started to organized as it did so it was marked for development, becoming a tropical depression near the Cayman Islands on May 5th, the depression would become a tropical storm the followinf day before making landfall in Cuba, Andrew would weaken down to a tropical depression in the gulf, before restrengthening back to a tropical storm as it continued to organize, Andrew would peak near landfall, before making landfall in Florida as a strong tropical storm, causing flooding due to hevay rains which killed 8, Andrew dissipated on May 13, due to its broad nature Andrew caused impacts far as Alabama damage was minimal however.

Hurricane Brittany
A area of low pressure formed and would slowly progress over the open Atlantic, before it started to organized under influence from a ridge of high pressure, the area of low pressure was upgraded to tropical depression two, the depression would continue its organization trend, becoming a tropical storm and was named Brittany, Brittany would slow down as it turned eastward, becoming a hurricane the first of the season, Brittany would go on to peak as a high end category one hurricane, before weakening over cooler waters, the storm would turn extratropical with its remnants quickly getting absorbed by a trough of low pressure.

Hurricane Erik
Main Article:Hurricane Erik (2018)