2018 Danula Planetwide Cyclone Season

The basin
While the season is planetwide, all activity occurs in one ocean.

The seasons use the Lucarius Wind Scale, with categories 1 - 9

The seasons officially run from June 1st to December 31st. However the most active season ran from June 3rd, 2017 to June 2nd, 2018

The season
There are currently two storms active.

Lucarius Wind Scale (LWS)
Tropical Depression: Under 39 mph(> 33.9 kn)

Tropical Storm: 40-54 mph(34.8-46.9 kn)

Severe Tropical Storm: 55-69 mph(47.8-60.0 kn)

C1 Tropical Cyclone: 70-84 mph(60.8-73.0 kn)

C2 Tropical Cyclone: 85-99 mph(73.9-86.0 kn)

C3 Tropical Cyclone; 100-119 mph(86.9-103.4 kn)

C4 Severe Cyclone: 120-134 mph(104.3-116.4 kn)

C5 Severe Cyclone: 135-149 mph(117.3-129.5 kn)

C6 Severe Cyclone: 150-169 mph(130.3-146.9 kn)

C7 Severe Cyclone: 170-189 mph(147.7-164.2 kn)

C8 Severe Cyclone: 190-199 mph(165.1-172.9 kn)

C9 Severe Cyclone: 200-224 mph(173.8-194.7 kn)

Hurricane Anguilla
Anguilla formed on 16:00 GMT June 22nd as Tropical Depression 01. The DWFC began tracking it on 18:00 GMT. Within 2 hours of the first advisory it intensified into a Tropical Storm. At 24:00 GMT it had winds of 45 mph. At 12:00 GMT June 23rd it reached 55 mph intensity and Severe Tropical Storm status. At 18:00 GMT it's intensity reached 60 mph and first warnings were issued. It peaked at 70 mph and 989 milibars on 18:00 GMT June 24th. The storm held Cat 1 intensity for 24 hours. It weakened to STS status by 24:00 GMT June 25th. At 12:00 GMT June 26th it was a minimal STS. Within 6 hours it weakened below STS intensity. Between 12:00 and 18:00 GMT June 27th it turned Post - Tropical. By 24:00 GMT it weakened to TD intensity. It dissipated at 06:00 GMT June 28th. It made no landfalls. It caused no damage or fatalities.

Subtropical Depression Two
It formed at 06:00 GMT June 28th. It peaked at 18:00 GMT. It turned Post - Tropical by 24:00 GMT. It dissipated at 06:00 GMT June 29th. It caused no damage or fatalities.

Tropical Storm Barthelemy
It formed at 12:00 GMT June 28th. it reached TS intensity on 18:00 GMT. It peaked at landfall as a 45 mph 1003 mbar TS at 24:00 GMT. It dissipated at 12:00 GMT June 29th. It caused at least 20 million dollars of damages and caused at least 3 fatalities.

Tropical Storm Caroline
It formed at 18:00 GMT July 2nd. It reached TS status at 12:00 GMT July 3rd. It peaked at landfall as a 50 mph 1001 mbar TS at 24:00 GMT July 3rd. It weakened below TS status at 12:00 GMT July 4th. It dissipated at 06:00 GMT July 5th. It caused at least 15 million dollars of damages and caused at least 3 fatalities.

Hurricane Daniel
It formed at 18:00 GMT July 3rd. It intensified steadily at 5 miles per hour / 6 hours, and reached TS intensity at 24:00 GMT. It reached STS status at 18:00 GMT July 4th. It reached hurricane status at 12:00 GMT July 5th. It reached Cat 2 status at 06:00 GMT July 6th. It became a 100 mph Cat 3 Major at 24:00 GMT July 6th. It peaked as a 115 mph 964 mbar Cat 3 at 18:00 GMT July 7th. It landfalled at 18:00 GMT July 10th as a minimal Cat 3. It made two other landfalls, one as a Cat 1 and one as a TS. It dissipated at 18:00 GMT July 14th. It caused at least 4 billion dollars of damages and caused at least 81 fatality.

Hurricane Emilia
It formed at 18:00 GMT July 15th. It reached TS intensity within 6 hours. It took 18 hours for it to become an STS. It became a Cat 1 at 12:00 GMT July 17th. It peaked as a 85 mph 983 mbar Cat 2 at 06:00 GMT July 18th. It weakened below Cat 1 status at 06:00 GMT July 20th. It dissipated at 18:00 GMT July 20th. It caused at least 10 million dollars of damages and caused at least 1 fatality.

Hurricane Frederic
It formed at 18:00 GMT July 17th. It intensified to STS intensity at 18:00 GMT July 18th. It peaked at 18:00 GMT July 19th. It weakened below Cat 1 status at 24:00 GMT July 20th. It dissipated at 18:00 GMT July 22nd as a 35 mph TD. It caused no damage or fatalities.

Severe Tropical Storm Gertrude
It formed at 18:00 GMT July 18th. It peaked for the first time at 18:00 GMT July 19th. It dissipated for the first time at 18:00 GMT July 20th. It regenerated at 18:00 GMT July 22nd. It reached TS intensity at 12:00 GMT July 23rd. It peaked for the second time at landfall (05:00 GMT July 24th) as a 55 mph STS. It dissipated at 06:00 GMT July 25th. It caused less than 1 million in damage and no fatalities.

Severe Tropical Storm Harvey
It formed at 12:00 GMT July 25th. It intensified to TS intensity at 18:00 GMT July 25th. It made landfall as a 60 mph STS. It dissipated at 18:00 GMT July 28th. A total of 2 million were evacuated, because rainfall totals over the city could reached over 250 inches (6350 milimetres) causing catastrophic flooding. It caused over 150 billion dollars of damages and 40 fatalities.

Severe Tropical Storm Irene
It formed at 06:00 GMT July 31st. It intensified to TS intensity at 18:00 GMT July 31st. It intensified to STS status at 12:00 GMT August 1st. It made landfall at 24:00 GMT August 1st as a 65 mph STS. It dissipated at 18:00 GMT August 2nd. It caused at least 500 thousand dollars of damage and no fatalities.

Hurricane Jose
It formed at 18:00 GMT August 2nd. It reached TS intensity 12 hours later. It was at 50 mph at 18:00 GMT August 3rd. It rapidly intensified, and became a hurricane 6 hours later. It became a major at 09:00 GMT August 4th. It became a Cat 6 at 06:00 GMT August 5th. It peaked at 18:00 GMT later that day. It weakened below major intensity at 06:00 GMT August 9th. It made landfall as an 80 mph Cat 1 hurricane at 18:00 August 10th. It dissipated at 18:00 August 12th. It caused at least 2 billion dollars of damages and 14 fatalities.

Hurricane Katherine
It formed at 24:00 GMT August 7th. It became a TS at 06:00 GMT August 8th. It became a hurricane at 18:00 GMT August 9th. It then rapidly intensified. It became a minimal Category 6 at 18:00 August 10th. It peaked at 18:00 August 11th as a 180 mph 915 mbar Category 7 hurricane. It made landfall at 175 mph at 24:00 August 12th. It then hit another island as a 160 mph storm and then landfalled on the continent as a 150 mph Cat 6. It dissipated on 18:00 August 16th. It caused at least 35 billion dollars of damages and 74 fatalities.

Severe Subtropical Storm Lenny
It formed at 06:00 GMT August 8th. It reached TS intensity at 12:00 GMT. It became subtropical at 18:00 August 13th. It then intensified. It' peaked at 18:00 August 16th. It then turned post tropical. It dissipated at 06:00 August 17th. It caused no damage or fatalities.

Subtropical Storm Margharet
It formed at 12:00 GMT August 8th. It peaked at 18:00 GMT August 9th. It then turned into a remnant low. It dissipated at 18:00 GMT August 10th. It caused no damage or fatalities.

Hurricane Nathan
It formed at 18:00 GMT August 17th. It became a TS at 06:00 August 18th. It became a hurricane at 18:00 August 19th. It became a major hurricane at 06:00 August 21st. It became a Cat 4 at 06:00 August 22nd. It peaked at 18:00 August 22nd as a 130 mph Cat 4. It weakened below major status at 06:00 August 24th. It weakened below Cat 1 intensity at 24:00 August 25th. It became extratropical at 18:00 August 27th as a 50 mph TS. It dissipated at 18:00 August 28th as a 40 mph Extratropical Storm. It caused no damage or fatalities.

Hurricane Opal
It formed at 18:00 GMT August 22nd. It reached TS status at 06:00 August 23rd. It became a hurricane at 18:00 August 24th. It became a Cat 2 at 12:00 August 25th. It became a major at 24:00 August 25th. It reached peak intensity at 18:00 August 27th as a 170 mph Cat 7 and became a part of a rare occurence when 2 Cat 7s were active at the same time, together with Philippe. It then started to weaken. It weakened below Cat 6 at 06:00 August 29th. It was forecasted to weaken below major status but it defied all expectations and actually strengthened. It peaked for a second time as a 140 mph 941 mbar Cat 5 at 18:00 September 2nd. Then it weakened. It weakened below major at 24:00 September 4th. It then restrenghtened to major status at 12:00 September 8th. It made landfall at 06:00 September 9th at it's third peak as a 110 mph Cat 3. It then started rapidly weakening. It weakened below TS status at 12:00 September 10th. It became a remnant low at 12:00 September 11th. It dissipated on the smae day at 18:00 UTC. It caused 10 billion dollars of damages and 13 fatalities.

Hurricane Philippe
It formed at 06:00 GMT August 24th. It reached TS status at 18:00 August 24th. It became a hurricane at 12:00 August 25th. It became a major at 02:30 August 26th. It reached peak intensity at 18:00 August 27th as a 180 mph Cat 7 and became a part of a rare occurence when 2 Cat 7s were active at the same time, together with Opal. It later landfalled as a 170 mph Cat 7 on one island. It then weakened and reorgainzed, and started to reintensify. It made landfall at it's secondary peak as a 160 mph 928 mbar Cat 6 at 18:00 August 31st. It then started to rapidly weaken. It lost TS status at 12:00 September 2nd. It dissipated at 18:00 September 3rd. It caused over 23 billion dollars of damages and 34 fatalities.

Hurricane Rita
It formed at 18:00 GMT August 30th. It became a TS at 06:00 August 31st. It reached hurricane status at 18:00 September 1st. It peaked at 24:00 September 1st as a 75 mph 985 mbar Cat 1. 6 hours later it turned post tropical. It then dissipated at 18:00 September 3rd as an extratropical storm. It caused no damages or fatalities.

Hurricane Stan
It formed at 18:00 GMT September 2nd. It became a TS at 24:00. It became a STS at 18:00 September 3rd. It became a hurricane at 12:00 September 4th. It peaked at 06:00 September 6th as a 105 mph Cat 3. It then weakened. It reached major status again at 12:00 September 8th. It peaked for a second time as a 145 mph Cat 5 at 18:00 on the 10th of September. It then slightly weakened. It made landfall on an island on 18:00 September 11th as a 140 mph Cat 5. It then made two more landfalls at Cat 4 intensity, the last landfall at 06:00 September 12th. It weakened below major at 24:00 September 12th. It made three more landfalls as a hurricane before weakening to TS status. It entered the gulf of Floodston as a 50 mph TS at 18:00 September 14th. It reintensified to hurricane status at 18:00 September 15th. It then explosively intensified to 210 mph 873 mbar Cat 9 status and peaked at 18:00 September 16th, breaking the previous wind speed record, set by Hurricane 5 of 1965 at 205 mph (after reanalysis). Then it started weakening due to upwelling. It made a catastrophic landfall just south of Floodston at 18:00 September 19th as a 180 mph Cat 7. Then it rapidly weakened and stalled. It weakened below TS status at 12:00 September 21st. It degenerated into a remnant at 18:00 September 22nd. It was absorbed by Tammy at 18:00 September 23rd. The storm delivered large amounts of rainfall to Floodston metropolitan area and the surrounding areas. Some locations recorded over 110 inches of rain. It caused 234.010 billion dollars of damages and 105 fatalities so far.

Hurricane Tammy
It formed at 06:00 GMT September 7th as a 30 mph TD. It reached TS status at 18:00 September 7th. It reached STS status at 12:00 September 8th. It reached hurricane status at 06:00 September 9th and immediately made landfall. Due to landfall it weakened to TS status but regained hurricane status at 18:00 September 10th. It became a major at 06:00 September 12th, thus tying the most majors in one season record, at 8. It peaked at 18:00 September 12th as a 110 mph 967 mbar Cat 3. It then expanded in size and it's eye collapsed. It weakened below major at 24:00 September 13th. It weakened below hurricane status at 24:00 September 15th. It weakened below TS status at 24:00 September 18th. It was at first expected to dissipate until 18:00 September 20th, but it failed to weaken that much. It reintensified to TS status at 18:00 September 21st. It intensified to STS status just before landfall at 06:00 September 23rd. It then absorbed Stan's remnants at 18:00 September 23rd as a minimal TS. It then weakened below TS status at 24:00 September 23rd. It dissipated at 18:00 September 25th. It caused 400 million dollars of damages and 5 fatalities.

Hurricane Vince
It formed at 18:00 GMT September 13th as a 35 mph TD. It became a TS at 24:00 of the same day. It became a STS at 18:00 September 14th. It strenghtened to hurricane status at 12:00 September 15th. It made landfall as a 75 mph hurricane at 18:00 September 15th. It then started to weaken. It weakened below TS status at 24:00 September 16th. It turned into a remnant low at 12:00 September 17th. It dissipated at 18:00 September 17th. It caused 50 million dollars of damages and 1 fatality.

Hurricane Whitney
It formed at 18:00 GMT September 15th as a 30 mph TD. It became a storm at 06:00 September 16th. It became a hurricane at 18:00 September 17th. It became a 100 mph Cat 3 major for a short time at 06:00 September 19th, thus breaking the record for most majors in one season. Then due to colder SSTs and shear it weakened. It weakened below hurricane status at 24:00 September 20th. It weakened below STS status at 12:00 September 22nd. It weakened below TS status at 24:00 September 23rd. It dissipated at 18:00 September 24th. It caused no damages or fatalities.

Hurricane Acorn
It formed at 06:00 GMT September 19th as a 30 mph TD. It became a storm at 18:00 September 19th, thus being the first storm named using an auxiliary list. It became a hurricane at 18:00 September 22nd, thus becoming the first auxiliary list hurricane. It became a major at 06:00 September 24th, becoming the first auxiliary list major and the 10th major, breaking the season's own record of 9 majors. It peaked as a 130 mph Cat 4 at 18:00 September 25th. It then started to weaken. It weakened below major at 12:00 September 27th. The storm weakened to 90 mph at 18:00 September 27th before reintensifying again. It became a large 700 kilometre major at 18:00 September 28th. It held intensity up until landfall. It made a devastating landfall near Hotston at 06:00 September 30th as a large sized 100 mph Cat 3. It weakened below TS at 24:00 October 2nd. It dissipated at 18:00 October 3rd as a weak disturbance. Devastating land effects occured due to high surge and high winds, and the city of Hotston residents were evacuated ahead of the storm. Damages could reach up to 150 billion, making this a very bad storm. So far the damages are 115 billion and 107 fatalities.

Hurricane Barry
It formed at 18:00 GMT September 21st as a 30 mph TD. It became a TS at 18:00 September 22nd. It then made landfall as a minimal TS around the same time. It became a STS at 12:00 September 23rd. It became a hurricane at 06:00 September 24th. It peaked as a 90 mph Cat 2 at 18:00 September 25th. Then it weakened. It weakened below hurricane status at 24:00 September 26th. It weakened below STS at 12:00 September 28th. It then stopped at 50 mph and then started to reintensify. It became a STS again at 06:00 September 29th. It became a hurricane again at 18:00 September 30th. It peaked as a 100 mph major at 06:00 October 2nd, before starting to weaken again. It's currently a 70 mph Cat 1 and is weakening, while doing a weird loop. It will weaken below hurricane status within 6 hours. It caused no damages or fatalities so far and is not expected to cause any more.

Hurricane Chandra
Chandra formed at 18:00 GMT September 26th as a 40 mph TS from a particularly vigorous wave that had TS winds before organizing into a TC. It became a STS at 12:00 September 27th. It became a hurricane at 06:00 September 28th. It became a major at 06:00 September 29th, becoming yet another record breaking 11th major. It became a Cat 4 at 18:00 September 29th at 120 mph. Then it rapidly intensified from 120 to 180 and from 964 to 901 in 24 hours, while threatening the coast. It peaked at landfall at 06:00 October 1st as a 195 mph 885 mbar Cat 8. Then it started scraping the coast and weakening. It made it's last landfall at 18:00 October 1st as a 150 mph Cat 6. Then it rapidly weakened over land, from 150 to 50 in 24 hours. It weakened below TS at 12:00 October 3rd. It dissipated at 18:00 October 3rd as a 30 mph disturbance. It caused 20.01 billion dollars of damages and 57 fatalities so far.

Hurricane Douglas
Douglas formed at 18:00 October 2nd at 50 mph status already from a stationary disturbance that was over the subtropical MDR for at least 3 days. It intensified slowly, to STS status by 24:00 October 2nd, and to hurricane by 18:00 October 3rd. It's currently a small sized 70 mph Cat 1. It's currently expected to become a major hurricane within 36 hours and will make landfall. Warnings are issued.

Storm names
These are the names that will be used to name tropical cyclones in the 2018 season. This list was last used in 2016 and will be used for the next time in 2020.
 * 1) Anguilla (used)
 * 2) Barthelemy (used)
 * 3) Caroline (used)
 * 4) Daniel (used)
 * 5) Emilia (used)
 * 6) Frederic (used)
 * 7) Gertrude (used)
 * 8) Harvey (used)
 * 9) Irene (used)
 * 10) Jose (used)
 * 11) Katherine (used)
 * 12) Lenny (used)
 * 13) Margharet (used)
 * 14) Nathan (used)
 * 15) Opal (used)
 * 16) Philippe (used)
 * 17) Rita (used)
 * 18) Stan (used)
 * 19) Tammy (used)
 * 20) Vince (used)
 * 21) Whitney (used)

In addition, the DWFC has chosen an auxiliary list to use if the normal list is exhausted.

On the 14th of July, one country sent a representative to the WMO to retire the name Daniel. On the 15th there was one more. On the 31st of July one country asked for the retirement of Harvey. On the 13th of August one country asked for Jose's retirement. On the 14th two countries asked for retirement of Katherine. On the 15th there was one more. On the 28th of August two countries asked for the retirement of Philippe. In the 1st of September there was one more. On the 10th of September one country asked for the retirement of Opal. On the 12th of September one country asked for the retirement of Stan. On the 14th there was one more. On the 16th one more country joined. On the 20th one more country asked to retire Stan due to catastrophic effects in Floodston. On the 30th one country asked for the retirement of Acorn due to devastation in the Hotston area. On the 2nd of October one country asked to retire Chandra due to a devastating 195 mph landfall. If the names are retired, it will be announced at June 1st 2019.
 * 1) Acorn (used)
 * 2) Barry (active)
 * 3) Chandra (used)
 * 4) Douglas (active)
 * 5) Evelyn
 * 6) Fabio
 * 7) Gloria
 * 8) Harmony
 * 9) Isa
 * 10) Jazlyn
 * 11) Korra
 * 12) Layten
 * 13) Michael
 * 14) Nacho
 * 15) Olivia
 * 16) Pauline
 * 17) Rebecca
 * 18) Sienna
 * 19) Troy
 * 20) Vixen
 * 21) Winnie