2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season (Nkech)

Overview
The 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season is the annual event in which Tropical Cyclones Formed in the Atlantic Ocean. Seasonal forecasts were well off, as the development of a El Nino was expected to inhibit activity, with experts projecting around 10 storms in a slightly below average season. However, the El Nino never developed, and the season remained a warm neutral season, and was slightly above average, with 13 named storms, 8 Hurricanes, and 3 Major Hurricanes.

The Season began with the formation of Hurricane Alberto several days after the beginning of the season, a Category 1 Hurricane which made landfall in Central Mexico. Tropical Storm Beryl formed to kick off July, a 60 mph Tropical Storm that never made landfall but brushed the East Coast with scattered rain and high tide. One week later saw the formation of Tropical Storm Chris, a weak Tropical Storm that made landfall near Veracruz in the Bay of Campeche. Hurricane Debby ended the month of July, making landfall in North Carolina as a Category 2 and becoming the second Hurricane to make landfall in North Carolina in 12 months, the other being Hurricane Nate in late October 2017.

August saw the first major of the season, Hurricane Ernesto, stay east of Bermuda as a Category 3 Hurricane, kept away from coast by the simultaneously active Tropical Storm Florence, a 70 mph Tropical Storm that went on to Impact Nova Scotia. Just after Florence's formation, Hurricane Gordon formed, becoming the strongest Hurricane of the season and the 3rd Atlantic Category 5 Hurricane in 3 years, striking Louisiana as a 160 mph Category 5 and causing the most destructive damage in the state since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. While Gordon was out causing tragedy in the Western Atlantic, Hurricane Helene quietly moved through the Eastern Atlantic, striking the Azores as a weak Category 1 before becoming an Extratropical Cyclone. Meanwhile, Tropical Depression Nine formed and made landfall in the Bay of Campeche, gaining minimal attention. Hurricane Isaac closed out the month of August as a weak category 2 hurricane that did not cause any damages or fatalities. September was wildly inactive, only featuring one storm, Subtropical Storm Joyce, a unusual 75 mph Subtropical Storm that passed just north of the Azores.

October kicked off with the third and final major of the season, Hurricane Kirk, which hit Nicaragua as a weak Category 4 Hurricane before leaving the Atlantic basin and making landfall in Baja California as a Category 3. Tropical Storm Leslie formed to close out October, a weak Tropical Storm within the Main Development region. The final storm of the year, Hurricane Michael, formed in Mid-November as a Nicaragua landfalling Category 1, just two weeks after Hurricane Kirk devastated the country.