User blog:Bobnekaro/2019 Atlantic hurricane season comes to an end

Today is November 30, and marks the official end of the 2019 Atlantic (and Eastern/Central Pacific hurricane seasons) as well. It seems unlikely anything will form in December, so it seems likely the final totals will be:


 * North Atlantic: 20 tropical depressions, 18 named storms, 6 hurricanes, 3 major hurricanes, 130 ACE
 * East/Central Pacific: 21 tropical depressions, 19 named storms, 7 hurricanes, 4 major hurricanes, 97 ACE

The North Atlantic has won MH's hurricane season competition. Despite most models and meteorologists predicting El Nino to persist and strengthen, the event dissipated in July (but has shown signs of redevelopment in recent weeks), giving the Atlantic a window to be active. The Eastern Pacific was somewhat less active than most recent years, despite El Nino conditions present early and late in the season.

Congratulations to GloriouslyBlonde (Doug) for having the closest prediction on my hurricane season prediction pool. Doug predicted 15-18 named storms, 3-7 hurricanes, and 2-4 major hurricanes, which was very close to the actual activity of 18 named storms, 6 hurricanes and 3 major hurricanes.