VERY busy, VERY exhausted, VERY little time. Anyways, Youricane is back!

SYSTEMS (west to east)

44G (CycloneTracker15)

-no comment- (35 mph, 1007 mbar)

43G (ChillyAntoine)

A new foe has entered the interaction. (30 mph, 1006 mbar)

Brian (GloriouslyBlonde)

Brian and Griffin are moving almost in sync. (50 mph, 1001 mbar)

Griffin (Ideaful)

See Brian, I guess. These storms are so similar. (50 mph, 1000 mbar)

Unnumbered (Funnycomixking 2019)

Two at the same time? (30 mph, 1008 mbar)

Ethan (??????????)

Well, Ethan is a C5 again. I am terrified. Its erratic track made by the weak December steering currents is the likely cause of its strengthening. We at the JXCA have sent recon missions into Ethan to track Ploutonium levels, but interestingly enough, we found little to no actual Ploutonium in the system. This has been puzzling us the past few days, but it might have something to do with it raining down into the ocean and being reabsorbed? We're not exactly sure. How to prevent from further strengthening might take a little while. (160 mph, 921 mbar)

Isaias (Edenalte)

I've heard that somewhere before. (50 mph, 1001 mbar)

Unnumbered (Cove412)

At least this one's in the water... (30 mph, 1009 mbar)

128Y (GiedriusforCat5)

Hopefully Ethan doesn't rip this one to shreds like it did with Kalen or Queenie. (30 mph, 1007 mbar)

42E (Jolliehollie)

-no comment- (35 mph, 1006 mbar)

43E (astervius)

Another cross-basin interaction. (30 mph, 1005 mbar)

24S (HurricaneCed)

See 43E. (35 mph, 1006 mbar)

127Y (Drew Indigo)

A b s o r b (30 mph, 1008 mbar)

175M (Jklm45s)

The weather outside is frightful, and it's also not too forgiving to tropical cyclones. Unless you're Ethan, Ethan is all powerful. (30 mph, 1009 mbar)

Zeriae (Jolliehollie)

It keeps getting worse. A caldera of an island volcano in the Mar de Amar recorded 5,961 mm (234.7 in) of rain from Zeriae. This is almost at the same level as Hyacinthe from Earth in 1980, but mind you, Hyacinthe reached those levels after two weeks. Zeriae did this in one week. (50 mph, 1002 mbar)

Yana (CyclonicWrath765)

Yana was a tropical storm for only six hours between 06:00Z and 12:00Z on December 5. I've only included it here to show that it was actually briefly a named system, but it is very, very dead. (25 mph, 1015 mbar)

14L (Ideaful)

Hooray! More Lizardian storms for me! Yippee! (35 mph, 1006 mbar)

What do you think of these storms? Feel free to share in the comments!

PEOPLE WHO CANNOT SPAWN A STORM

If you haven't heard, you can only spawn a depression once a week. Don't feel bad about it, I just don't want to have 50 hurricanes happening at once, lol. The date is the update at which you will be able to spawn next. Here's the list:

• astervius (December 13)

• ChillyAntoine (December 13)

• Classicer Productions (December 11)

• Cove412 (December 13)

• CycloneTracker15 (December 13)

• CyclonicWrath765 (December 11)

• Drew Indigo (December 13)

• Edenalte (December 11)

• Funnycomixking 2019 (December 13)

• GiedriusforCat5 (December 13)

• HurricaneCed (December 13)

• Ideaful (December 15)

• Jolliehollie (December 13)

• Kennylovecaney22 (December 11)

• Occluded (December 11)

RESERVATIONS

I keep forgetting to add the storms people reserved to spawn, so I've added this list so that I can hopefully remember when to spawn your reserved storms!

• GloriouslyBlonde (K, d - December 10)

HOW TO SPAWN A CYCLONE

Using the map above, pick the coordinates you would like to spawn a tropical depression at. One set of coordinates is lowercase, one is uppercase. Type these coordinates in parentheses, starting with the uppercase letter.

Correct:

(X, y)

Acceptable:

(y, X)

Incorrect:

(X, Y) or (x, y)

If you do this right, I will reply to your comment, and a tropical depression will form at your coordinates. You can only spawn a depression once a week, so decide what day you want to. Preferably, we shouldn't have 20 cyclones spawning at the same time. If placed at the right location, the depression will strengthen and be named. If your cyclone grows strong enough, it might get its very own article!

All earthquakes are from the past 5 hours

M3.1 - 74km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico

Time: 1025 CT

Coords: 19.129°N 65.994°W

Depth: 37.0km

M3.0 - 46km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico

Time 1020 CT

M2.6 - 64km W of Anchor Point, Alaska

Time: 0936 CT

Coords: 59.888°N 152.960°W

Depth: 106.8km

M5.7 - 108km NE of Kuji, Japan

Time: 0852 CT

Coords: 40.847°N 142.712°E

Depth: 36.1km

M2.5 - 15km E of Coso Junction, California

Time: 0816 CT

Coords: 36.038°N 117.776°W

Depth: 1.4km

M2.5 - 42km NNW of Chenega, Alaska

Time: 0736 CT

Coords: 60.430°N 148.266°W

Depth: 1.1km

M5.3 - 69km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

Time: 0730 CT

Coords: 6.392°S 154.864°E

Depth: 107.1km

M2.6 - 104km N of Yakutat, Alaska

Time: 0617 CT

Coords: 60.477°N 139.552°W

Depth: 8.7km

Earthquakes in the past 24 hours with reports

M4.7 - 116km N of Yakutat, Alaska

Time: 0528 CT

Report 1 - Haines Junction, Yukon - MMI II

Report 2 - Whitehorse, Yukon - MMI II

M4.3 - 110km N of Yakutat, Alaska

Time: 0350 CT

Report 1 - Haines Junction, Yukon - MMI II

M3.1 - 5km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska

Time: 0311 CT

Reports 1-33 - Anchorage, Alaska - MMI III

Reports 34-39 - Gateway, Alaska - MMI III

Report 40 - Wasilla, Alaska - MMI III

M5.5 - 11km NNE of Jordán, Colombia

Reports 1-13 - Medellin, Colombia - MMI IV

Reports 14-15 - Circasia, Colombia - MMI III

Reports 16-18 - Pereira, Colombia - MMI III

Reports 19-22 - Manizales, Colombia - MMI III

Report 23 - Villavicenio, Colombia - MMI II

Reports 24-91 - Bogota, Colombia - MMI IV

Report 92 - La Vega, Colombia - MMI III

Report 93 - Tunja, Colombia - MMI IV

Report 94 - Gachantiva, Colombia - MMI III

Report 95 - Duitama, Colombia - MMI III

Reports 96-101 - Floridablanca, Colombia - MMI IV

Report 102 - San Cristobal, Venezuela - MMI II

Report 103 - Cucuta, Venezuela - MMI III

Earthquakes With Pagers (Last 11 Hours)

M5.7 - 108km NE of Kuji, Japan

Time: 0852 CT

Pager: Green

Cities' MMI (1k+)

Hachinohe - 239k - IV

Mutsu - 49k - III

Misawa - 43k - III

Aomorishi - 298k - III

Hakodate - 276k - III

Marioka - 295k - III

Muroran - 96k - III

Population Per MMI

II-III - 3.101m

IV - 138k

M4.7 - 116km N of Yakutat, Alaska

Time: 0528 CT

Pager: Green

Cities' MMI (1k+)

Haines Junction, Yukon - 1k - II

Population Per MMI

I - 1k

II-III - 2k

M4.0 - 119km N of Yakutat, Alaska

Time: 0458 CT

Pager: Green

Cities' MMI (1k+)

Haines Junction, Yukon - 1k - I

Population Per MMI

I - 2k

M4.3 - 110km N of Yakutat, Alaska

Time: 0350 CT

Pager: Green

Cities' MMI (1k+)

Haines Junction, Yukon - 1k - II

Population Per MMI

I - 1k

II-III - 1k

M5.5 - 11km NNE of Jordán, Colombia

Time: 0227 CT

Pager: Green

Cities with MMI IV (1k+)

Sabana de Torres, Colombia - 11k

Yondo, Colombia - 8k

Lebrija, Colombia - 9k

Barrancabermeja, Colombia - 191k

Mogotes - 3k

Villanueva - 4k

Bucaramanga - 572k

Zapatoca - 6k

San Alberto - 11k

Puerto Wilches - 14k

Puerto Parra - 1k

Piedecuesta - 86k

Giron - 108k

Floridablanca - 252k

Curiti - 3k

Cantagallo - 5k

Population per MMI

II-III - 7.023m

IV - 1.188m

Everything is Central Time btw and in the last 5 hours

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M2.6 - 94km N of Yakutat, Alaska

Time: 2202 CT

Coords: 60.387°N 139.479°W

Depth: 5km

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M2.5 - 54km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska

Time: 2134 CT

Coords: 60.433°N 152.301°W

Depth: 95.2km

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M3.1 - 115km N of Yakutat, Alaska

Time: 2127 CT

Coords: 60.581°N 139.894°W

Depth: 5.0km

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M2.5 - 116km N of Yakutat, Alaska

Time: 2122 CT

Coords: 60.594°N 139.691°W

Depth: 5.0km

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M2.6 - 13km NE of Kettleman City, California

Time: 2109 CT

Coords: 36.077°N 119.850°W

Depth: 17.0km

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M2.5 - 117km N of Yakutat, Alaska

Time: 1958 CT

Coords: 60.597°N 139.964°W

Depth: 5.0km

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M2.6 - 95km N of Yakutat, Alaska

Time: 1950 CT

Coords: 60.397°N 139.492°W

Depth: 5.0km

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M2.6 - 113km N of Yakutat, Alaska

Time: 1909 CT

Coords: 60.561°N 139.918°W

Depth: 5.0km

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M2.7 - 109km N of Yakutat, Alaska

Time: 60.530°N 139.877°W

Depth: 5.7km

I may update it in the morning :D

4 SYSTEMS RIGHT NOW IN THE GREAT LAKES, 5 STORMS IN EASTERN HUDSON BAY IN 3 DAYS AFTER 21 DAYS OF QUIETNESS

Why hudson bay

A 7.6M earthquake just struck right off the coast of Hokkaido. WE JUST HAD A 7.0 IN YUKON WHAT IS HAPPENING!?

For me is Irma

This is basically going to be the map graphic that I'll use for YourWoTC this year. I'm not expecting this to be used too much since editing and updating these map graphics takes quite a while, so if I have the free time to do so, I'll put actual stuff on here.

Also the map itself is a bit inaccurate and weird with the basin borders and stuff but in general the NHEM basins extend up to 60N and the SHEM basins extend down to 40S. I didn't want to put the specific things that some basins do cough cough Australian basin and its slightly more specific southern borders cough cough but this is going to be close enough. I sorta didn't bother with PAR and the Indonesian and PNGuinean TCWSes but I will designate storms just in case.

Next update will probably be the one where you can spawn storms early (which'll be on December 29, so stay tuned!)

EDIT: Made an article about 2026 YourWoTC, yalls are encouraged to edit it as I'm going to focus on only making the graphics.

At the time this photo was taken, Winnie had an eye 230 miles across.

PLEASE FIX THE TRACK MAKER I USE SINGLE TRACK MODE AND IT STILL HAS THE SELECTED THING

yeah uh so i am not that good at finding names for winter hurricanes.

i am giving 5 users a chance to join my winter storm name retirement group (WSNRG).

the five users:

@JXthemeteorologist , delegate from Bolteia

@LazarBeam123 , delegate from Earth

@Jklm45s , delegate from Earth

@Benji.bijey , delegate from Archaeia

@CyclonicWrath765 , delegate from Roambatoane

the five users seem very nice and calm and are perfect candidates for my name retirement group

Should I do a "Youricane Countdown" just like I did before Youricane started, except for it being the end of Youricane?

SYSTEMS (west to east)

37O (GloriouslyBlonde)

-no comment- (30 mph, 1009 mbar)

Brian (GloriouslyBlonde)

Brian is here, along with Griffin. (40 mph, 1004 mbar)

Griffin (Ideaful)

Griffin is here, along with Brian. (45 mph, 1002 mbar)

126Y (Classicer Productions)

The floods are never-ending... (30 mph, 1007 mbar)

41E (Edenalte)

Yes, this is the real 41E, I messed up the numbering again. (35 mph, 1007 mbar)

41T (Occluded)

Two systems numbered "41" in the same day! (35 mph, 1009 mbar)

Ethan (??????????)

I think I've figured out what's happening with Ethan.

As we've found out, Ploutonium drops very warm rain. Ethan has been stalling lately as steering currents weaken, so all the water Ethan's been picking up becomes warmer as it enters the system, then drops back down into the ocean for Ethan to absorb again and continue strengthening. Does that make any sense? (130 mph, 934 mbar)

Alpha (Benij.bijey)

Alpha is gone once more. (45 mph, 999 mbar)

176M (Kennylovecaney22)

This depression formed and then immediately made landfall. (30 mph, 1006 mbar)

175M (Jklm45s)

Just as I thought. (35 mph, 1005 mbar)

Zeriae (Jolliehollie)

Zeriae is still one of the rainiest systems ever documented on this planet. There are reports of 4,100+ mm (161.4+ in) of rain in various parts of eastern Isla Sonora. Holy cow. (50 mph, 1001 mbar)

177M (CyclonicWrath765)

177M is also a bit rainy for Milsoopolic, but not quite as much as Zeriae to its southwest, thankfully... (35 mph, 1008 mbar)

What do you think of these storms? Feel free to share in the comments!

PEOPLE WHO CANNOT SPAWN A STORM

If you haven't heard, you can only spawn a depression once a week. Don't feel bad about it, I just don't want to have 50 hurricanes happening at once, lol. The date is the update at which you will be able to spawn next. Here's the list:

• 01x_rightside124 (December 7)

• BFDIEditor (December 7)

• Classicer Productions (December 11)

• CyclonicWrath765 (December 11)

• Edenalte (December 11)

• GloriouslyBlonde (December 9)

• HurriCade1031 (December 7)

• Ideaful (December 7)

• Jklm45s (December 9)

• Kennylovecaney22 (December 11)

• LazarBeam123 (December 7)

• Occluded (December 11)

• Tales of Odelon (December 7)

RESERVATIONS

I keep forgetting to add the storms people reserved to spawn, so I've added this list so that I can hopefully remember when to spawn your reserved storms!

• ChillyAntoine (P, h - December 6)

• GloriouslyBlonde (K, d - December 10)

• Ideaful (P, hh - December 8)

HOW TO SPAWN A CYCLONE

Using the map above, pick the coordinates you would like to spawn a tropical depression at. One set of coordinates is lowercase, one is uppercase. Type these coordinates in parentheses, starting with the uppercase letter.

Correct:

(X, y)

Acceptable:

(y, X)

Incorrect:

(X, Y) or (x, y)

If you do this right, I will reply to your comment, and a tropical depression will form at your coordinates. You can only spawn a depression once a week, so decide what day you want to. Preferably, we shouldn't have 20 cyclones spawning at the same time. If placed at the right location, the depression will strengthen and be named. If your cyclone grows strong enough, it might get its very own article!

I have joined the discord server as the user "ATPC" solely to participate in the Community Creation Contest, yet I cannot access the "voting" and other threads related to the ongoing contest. For the "voting" thread specifically, an error displays exhibiting that it "can't load messages" according to my memory (I cannot access my Discord account in my laptop, where this account is stationed). I do not know if this is an issue I only face or if this is widespread. All responses will be appreciated.

You guys voted on it, and so here you go! :)

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It's early 1266 CE, and by this point, the Mongol Empire had broken up into four parts. In the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty (the easternmost of the four khanates, located in present-day China), Emperor Kublai Khan had his sights on dominating East Asia. He had already led the conquest of Korea, and so one last major power stood in his way - the Kamakura shogunate of Japan. Between 1266 and 1273, Mongol and Korean diplomats went to Japan on six occasions, demanding the Japanese submit to the Mongols. However, the Japanese ignored their demands. This infuriated Kublai Khan, who began drawing up plans for an invasion of Japan.

Preparations for the invasion began in April of 1274, when both sides began mobilizing tens of thousands of soldiers and the Mongols began constructing hundreds of boats for a naval landing. By early November, the Mongols were ready, and this was bad for the Japanese - the Mongols had gunpowder and outnumbered them 4 to 1. Despite the odds stacked against them, they were determined to hold their ground and fight to protect their homeland. On November 4, the Battle of Bun'ei had begun after the Mongol invasion force landed at Hakata Bay and began clashing with defending samurai warriors. The Yuan troops, with their superior tactics, weapons, and numbers, successfully pushed the Japanese back several miles.

However, luck was in store for the Japanese. The Yuan commanders, worried about troop fatigue and the risk of a nighttime ambush, ordered their armies to retreat back to the docked ships after just one day of fighting to rest up. And then, a typhoon struck the docked fleet, destroying one-third of it, throwing the Mongol troops into confusion. The Japanese capitalized on this, engaging in hit-and-run and nighttime assaults, and by November 19, the Mongols, after suffering heavy casualties from both the typhoon and the Japanese, left the island and retreated back to their homeland.

This was pretty embarrassing for Kublai Khan, who decided to leave Japan alone (for now) and focus on his southern flank instead, where over the next decade, led campaigns against Burma and Vietnam. By 1281, however, his attention had turned back to Japan, and this time, he was going all in. Over 4,000 ships were prepared and around 142,000 soldiers were readied. This was about to become the largest attempted naval invasion in history, only eclipsed by the D-Day Normandy landings during World War 2. The Second Battle of Hakata Bay began on June 8, 1281 when the smaller portion of the invasion fleet began attacking the Japanese defenses, which consisted of around 60,000 soldiers and coastal fortifications. Although the Japanese held their positions initially, they knew they couldn't sustain it for long as the larger portion was still approaching.

Good luck saved the Japanese again. A strong typhoon struck the Tsushima Strait, crippling the Mongol fleet by sinking most of their ships and killing over 80% of the Yuan soldiers, forcing them to retreat by August 22 of that year. Kublai Khan attempted to gather his forces to prepare for a third invasion, however events at his southern and western borders warranted his attention, leading him to abandon a third attempt, leaving Japan safe for the rest of the Yuan dynasty's existence.

The cultural impact of all this was significant. The Japanese were convinced that a divine force had intervened and sent the typhoons to protect them. This was when the first instance of the word "kamikaze" was used, meaning "divine wind". Additionally, during World War 2, the government of the Empire of Japan used "kamikaze" as a metaphor in nationalist propaganda for suicide attacks by Japanese pilots, one that meant that the pilots were to be the "divine wind" that would again sweep the enemy from the seas.

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Alr, hope you guys liked this one as well, and as usual, feedback is always appreciated! :D

Alright, here's some Atl TC records.

• 2018's Hurricane Michael spent just 30 minutes as a Category 5 hurricane, the shortest time spent at that intensity in the Atlantic basin.

• Hurricane Edith in 1971 peaked as a Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of 160 mph and a minimum pressure of 943 mbar, the latter being the highest pressure ever recorded in a Category 5 hurricane in the basin.

• Hurricane Irma of 2017 made landfall in more nations at Category 5 intensity than any other hurricane in the basin: 4. The unlucky nations in question are Antigua and Barbuda, Sint Maarten (overseas territory of the Netherlands), the United Kingdom (specifically the British Virgin Islands), and Cuba.

• 2023's Tropical Storm Philippe lasted 13 days without reaching hurricane intensity, becoming the longest-lived sub-hurricane tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin in the satellite era.

• The 1995 and 2020 Atlantic hurricane seasons jointly hold the record for most hurricanes to peak at Category 4 intensity in a season, both achieving 5 such storms.

• The 1893 and 2017 Atlantic hurricane seasons jointly hold the record for most consecutive hurricanes in a season, both producing 10 hurricanes in a row.

Just thought I'd share some sims I made for my 2026 future series

Starting off with Bertha's sim

Look at the red circle