2016 Atlantic hurricane season (Predictions - Sassmaster15)

The 2016 Atlantic hurricane season was an above-average season that resulted in the formation of sixteen named storms, nine hurricanes, and five major hurricanes. Due to the transition from an El Nino to a Moderate La Nina, activity was at its highest since 2012. The season ran year-round, with the formation of Hurricane Alex on January 13 and the dissipation of Subtropical Storm Richard in late December.

The season featured the highest number of hurricanes in the Atlantic since 2012, which had a total of ten hurricanes, only one less than the other season. Another highlight of 2016 was that the first Category 5 hurricane was seen in the Atlantic basin since Felix of 2007, Karl, which peaked at 180 MPH, 897 mbar, becoming one of the most intense tropical cyclones in the Atlantic, only behind Rita and Wilma, both of 2005.

January & February
On January 13, an extratropical low pushing east across the Northern Atlantic developed into what became known as Hurricane Alex, the first named storm in January since Hurricane One of 1938. The precursor to the system brought 60 MPH winds and heavy rainfall to Bermuda, and then took on tropical characteristics on January 13, nearing the Azores. Alex, after causing minimal damages in the Azores, shifted WNW as it turned extratropical, dissipating two days later on January 15.

February remained a quiet month, as no other systems or invests developed during the month.

Hurricane Alex
Taken from Wikipedia

On January 7, the National Hurricane Center noted the potential for an extratropical low about 425 mi (685 km) west-southwest of Bermuda to gain subtropical or tropical characteristics over subsequent days, as it tracked across the central Atlantic. Convection began to coalesce near the center of the low on January 13, leading to the formation of Subtropical Storm Alex about 785 miles (1,260 km) south-southwest of the Azores, at 21:00 UTC. Alex is the first tropical or subtropical storm to form in January since 1978, and only the fourth known tropical or subtropical cyclone formation during the month on record. When Alex became a hurricane at 15:00 UTC on January 14, it marked only the second recorded hurricane formation in January, with the other being Hurricane One in 1938. On January 15, the NHC issued its last advisory on Hurricane Alex, as the system transitioned back into an extratropical cyclone. On January 17, Alex was absorbed by another extratropical cyclone, in the southern Labrador Sea.