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Theia looking to impact land, worth keeping an eye on.

Let's go 50Y

Inigo

Not a hot take and actually pretty much community consensus: Lorenzo 2019 was not a C5, likely only peaked around 145mph.

Only hot? take I can think of is that Gilbert is likely the actual strongest Atlantic hurricane.

Dorian, Inigo

@CinnamonFan2912 I'm going to have to ask you to not lash out at users in our discussions. It's against our guidelines of respecting others and only causes more unnecessary problems. Please remember to keep things civil, and if you have a complaint or concern, voice it in a nicer and more respectful manner. Thank you.

Dorian, Inigo, Hidaya

Camille

The most I'd give Kirk is 130-135kt personally. I could see an argument for a very brief C5, but I think more likely it peaked as a high-end C4.

Thank you, and congrats to CW and Entharex for winning RU! Thanks everyone who voted!

We'd have to retroactively rename the depressions after they've already dissipated, which in my opinion would just make things more confusing. We name storms so that they are easier for the public to keep track of them as they occur in real time, especially in the case of storms impacting land. This is also important so that tracking agencies like the NHC can keep records of which storms occurred and at what times. Tropical depressions can be very devastating, of course, but not in the same context that named storms usually are. When depressions are devastating, it's generally because of the rainfall they produce over extended periods of time, and not from other impacts that stronger storms would have, such as storm surge and/or extreme winds. This is what sets tropical depressions apart from tropical storms and hurricanes/typhoons/cyclones.

Not to mention, what names would these depressions receive? Would it be the next name on the list as the depression first formed, or the next name on the list after the depression has already dissipated? In the case that one or more named storms form after the depression, would we change the name of each of those systems too in order to keep things consistent with formation, or would it just take whatever name is next? In either scenario, that would make things much more difficult for tracking agencies. They'd have to change already recorded documents to reflect these name changes. This would also be confusing for the public; imagine those conversations:

"Remember Tropical Depression Eleven in Florida last month?"

"Do you mean Tropical Depression Karen?"

"Wait, I thought Karen was a major hurricane that impacted Bermuda."

"Nope, they renamed all the storms and now that hurricane is named Lorenzo. Eleven is named Karen now."

"Oh..."

@CyclonicWrath765 I deleted your comment because it was quite an insensitive thing to say. Please be mindful when discussing topics like this; these storms actually have a serious impact on entire communities and we shouldn't make jokes about them. Thank you for at least acknowledging your fault there, and try to remember that moving forward.

It's nearly there already and seems poised to continue intensifying.

I agree with the sentiment that it's hard to determine which storms were the "worst" in each basin especially when you have so many devastating storms. It honestly depends on who you're asking, because subjectively, the answers will vary among different regions of a basin. For example, if you ask a resident of southern Louisiana, they will likely tell you Katrina of 2005 was the worst Atlantic hurricane. Meanwhile a resident of southeast Florida might tell you it was Andrew of 1992. Or in the West Pacific; a resident in the Philippines will likely tell you it was Haiyan (Yolanda) of 2013, whereas a resident of Japan (albeit an older one) might tell you it was Vera of 1959. Of course, the deadliest tropical cyclones of each basin have a significant case for why they should be considered the "worst" of their respective basins based on the simple fact that they caused the most loss of life. You could also argue that the cyclones that both caused significant damages and loss of life are the worst of each basin, but there's a lot of nuance there.

Awesome track! Great work on this!

It's done, thanks for pointing it out.

Moved to Weather Discussion category. Remember that any topic about IRL weather events goes there, not in General.

Stay safe!

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