User blog:Cooper7579/2017 Atlantic hurricane season - Results and my Analysis

It's crazy that the first season I ever actively monitored was the extremely active 2017. I was surprised to see that when I looked at the season's summary in June, 3 storms already were there! Even more surprising, I found that we had started off the season with a tropical storm in April. This was only the second time in history that this has happened! Unfortunatley, the first storm I actively tracked was the dissapointing Don. However, I was taken as a fool after no hurricanes had formed despite there being 6 storms by August. However, I couldn't have been more wrong. In this blog post, i'll be analyzing every storm from the season and ranking them based on how I feel about them, starting with Arlene. There are 2 statistical categories regarding intensity and destruction, as well as a fourth category describing how I thought the storm was. Statistical categories are rated on a 1 to 20 scale, while my feelings about the storms are rated on an A - F scale.

Tropical Storm ArleneTropical_Storm_Arlene_(2017).jpg
Grade: B
 * Intensity: 3
 * Destruction: 0

Arlene came as a surprise to everyone. A tropical storm had formed in April! How rare is this event? Well, Arlene is the second known storm to form in the month of April, the other being the weaker Ana of 2003. Arlene began its life as a tiny little subtropical depression that formed out of an extratropical cyclone. Despite cool water temperatures, the depression became tropical and eventually was named Arlene. The storm looked really great, with an eye-like feature surrounded by a beautiful ring of convection. Arlene was truly a strange and exciting storm.

Tropical Storm BretTropical_Storm_Bret_(2017).jpg
Grade: B-
 * Intensity: 1
 * Destruction: 1

Bret was the earliest tropical storm in the Atlantic to develop in the main development region, and that's pretty cool. This storm had places to go, moving unusually fast through the Caribbean, and showing us a rare landfall in Trinidad. This show-off storm, however, was short-lived due to its fast movement speed that led it to the Caribbean graveyard. Still was a pretty cool storm, however, and it changed its appearance quite a lot.

Tropical Storm CindyTropical_Storm_Cindy_(2017).jpg
Grade: C+
 * Intensity: 3
 * Destruction: 3

At the same time that Bret formed, another tropical system was already developing. This mess over the Gulf of Mexico ended up becoming Tropical Storm Cindy. I was amazed that despite the disorganized and ragged appearance, Cindy held sustained winds of 60 mph. In addition, it caused notable flooding in Texas. Cindy was probably the first notable storm of the 2017 season, although it likely will go unnoticed after the storms that formed after it. In addition, Cindy marked a rare occurrence in which two storms formed in the month of June, a month that despite being the start of the hurricane season, averages less than 1 storm a year.