User blog:Bobnekaro/The 2016 'Usercane' Season: Here's where we stand so far

By Bob Nekaro, BNWC CEO

Hey, It's Bob Nekaro of the BNWC with a special post about the progress and activity of the 2016 usercane season to this date. So far, we've had 9 named storms, only two of which attained hurricane status (Keranique and Bittersweet). Both Keranique and Bittersweet have attained major hurricane intensity at 115 mph. We've had numerous named storms this year acquire tropical storm intensity,  but fail to intensity beyond it (Destiny, Yolo, RAM, Nuno, Matthew, and Darren), as well as one long-lasting subtropical storm (Callum). We've also had two tropical depressions that have not intensified beyond this intensity (Four and Eleven).

Tropical waves at this time of year are generally weaker and less numerous than the peak of the season in September. Due to reduced wind shear in the main development region from the lack of presence of Hurricane Nkechinyer, we have upgraded our forecast number of hurricanes and major hurricanes, while slightly lowering our named storms prediction.

January started off very active with 7 named storms, more typical of mid-season activity, but February only had 2. March so far is yet to feature a named storm.