Hurricane Trump

Hurricane Trump was an extremely severe hurricane in the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season. It reached Category 6 intensity and devastated the United States as a record-breaking off-season storm.

Metorological History
On October 31, 2016, the NHC started monitoring a spooky tropical disturbance in the Caribbean. It slowly moved Eastward, similar to Hurricane Lenny, over the next several days. On November 5, the NHC gave it a 70% chance of development in the next 5 days. Tropical Storm Trump then formed on November 8 about 200 miles East of the Lesser Antilles. For a week, it stalled there fluctuating between a weak and strong tropical storm. Then, on November 15, Trump weakened to 40 mph sustained winds and started moving Northward. After briefly weakening to a tropical depression on November 16, it restrengthened to a 55 mph tropical storm 300 miles North-Northeast of the US Virgin Isles. It again stalled, with strong wind shear nearly pulling the system apart for a few days. On November 20, Tropical Depression Trump (35 mph) moved Northwest and strengthened once again to a 60 mph tropical storm. Over the next few weeks, that pattern continued with Trump not attaining hurricane status as it meandered over the open Atlantic. Eventually, on December 19, Trump became a category 1 hurricane 350 miles East-Southeast of Bermuda. Over the following week, Trump remained a category 1 as it meandered South-Southwestward. From December 26-31, Trump fluctuated between category 1 and 2 strength as it meandered about 500 miles North-Northeast of Puerto Rico. From January 1-10, Trump stayed a category 2 as it slowly headed East-Northeast, often stalling. On January 11, when Trump was 600 miles Southeast of Bermuda, Trump took a sharp Southern turn, weakening to a category 1. On January 12, Trump was 300 miles Northeast of Antigua and Barbuda, and started moving Westward as a weak 80 mph category 1. On January 13, Trump once again reached category 2 strength 300 miles North of Puerto Rico. As it moved Northwestward over the next 2 days, it rapidly strengthened, reaching category 5 intensity on January 15 while 500 miles East of Miami. Hurricane Trump made a Northward turn that evening, and became a category 6 the next day. Trump then bee-lined towards Chesapeake Bay, reaching 300 miles South-Southeast of Washington, D.C. by January 18, maintaining category 6 strength. On January 19 and 20, Trump thrashed Virginia and Maryland as it headed up the Chesapeake Bay, and then the Potomac River. The eye of Trump stayed over the waters of the Potomac until noon on January 20, 2017, when Trump made landfall in Washington, D.C. as a category 6. Trump then moved inland, slowly moving Northeastward over the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine while steadily weakening. On January 24, Tropical Storm Trump dissipated near the Maine-New Brunswick border.

Aftermath
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