2020 Planet Puppy hurricane season

2020 Planet Puppy hurricane season
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First storm formed	February 6, 2020
Last storm dissipated	Season ongoing
Strongest storm
Name	Linus
Maximum winds	175 mph (280 km/h) (1-minute sustained)
Lowest pressure	907 mbar (hPa; 26.78 inHg)
Seasonal statistics
Total depressions	21
Total storms	21
Hurricanes	14
Major hurricanes(Cat. 3+)	5
Total fatalities	1572
Total damage	> $130.265 billion (2020 USD)
Related articles
2020 Pupific hurricane season
2020–21 South Doglantic cyclone season
2020–21 South Pupific cyclone season
Atlantic hurricane seasons 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

The 2020 Planet Puppy hurricane season is a current event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation, in which tropical cyclones form on Planet Puppy. The season will run throughout 2020, though most tropical cyclones typically develop between June and December.

The Planet Puppy hurricane basin is strikingly similar to the Atlantic Ocean basin on Planet Earth. The locations of the areas have names that are also similar to those on Earth.

Current Storm Information

Tropical Storm UMA ...UMA CONTINUES TO GAIN INTENSITY AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTHWEST... Public Advisory Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 1000 EDT Location: Central MDR Moving: NW at 19 mph Min pressure: 990 mbar Max sustained: 60 mph

AUGUST 5TH, 2020
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
DOGLANTIC OCEAN ON PLANET PUPPY
10:00 AM EDT

For the Doglantic Ocean, Collarpuppian Sea, and Gulf of Mexipup...

The Hurricane Lucas Meteorological Agency is issuing advisories on
Tropical Storm Uma, located in the central MDR.

FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS FOR TROPICAL STORM UMA

INIT  05/1000 50 KT 60 MPH
 12H  05/2200 60 KT 70 MPH
 24H  06/1000 65 KT 75 MPH
 36H  06/2200 70 KT 80 MPH
 48H  07/1000 75 KT 85 MPH
 60H  07/2200 80 KT 90 MPH
 72H  08/1000 85 KT 100 MPH
 96H  09/1000 95 KT 110 MPH
120H  10/1000 90 KT 105 MPH

1. The remnants of Hurricane Ricky located in the western Collarpuppian
Sea have failed to acquire consistent thunderstorm activity and the
remaining low level circulation center has become ill-defined. The
system will likely dissipate in the next 24 hours. This is the last
TWO featuring updates on this area of interest.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...very low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...very low...near 0 percent.

2. A disorganized cluster of showers and thunderstorms located just
northeast of Port Terrier will continue to move toward the northwest into
an area that is very favorable for tropical development. Sea surface
temperatures are plenty warm and wind shear is expected to decrease
in the next few days. However, land interaction may play a significant
role in how quickly the system organizes, if at all.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...very low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...near 40 percent.

~ FORECASTER LUCAS

Seasonal Forecasts

Predictions for the 2020 Planet Puppy season

Source	Date	Named storms	Hurricanes	Major hurricanes
Average (2005–2019)		45.1	28.5	13.1
Record high activity		57	38	21
Record low activity		30	19	7
HLMA	December 25, 2019	37–43	18–23	8–12
WANG	December 25, 2019	23–29	3–11	1–7
ACSTS	December 25, 2019	30	14	7
RTCTSWC	December 25, 2019	28–39	19–29	9–13
FCXGCTC	January 1, 2020	42–48	25–29	12–15
SHMC	January 1, 2020	40–50	20–25	8–11
IDKHC	January 6, 2020	29–36	14–18	7–9
DHC	February 25, 2020	34	24	15
NCWMC	March 2, 2020	31–38	16–21	7–10
HLMA	April 21, 2020	34–40	16–21	7–11
M99MC	April 21, 2020	42–47	26–30	11–14
DHC	April 21, 2020	30–35	19–26	10–15
STCC	April 21, 2020	47–49	29	12–14
BFHMC	April 25, 2020	36–41	16–21	9–15
HLMA	July 2, 2020	36–42	22–28	10–15
Actual activity (current)		21	14	5

The Hurricane Lucas Meteorological Agency, in its first year associated with the Puppy Hurricane Center, issued its pre-season forecast for the Doglantic Ocean, calling for 37–43 named storms, 18–23 hurricanes, and 8–12 major hurricanes, meaning the season would be less active than normal. On that same day, the W.A.N.G. Institute published their prediction of 23–29 named storms, 3–11 hurricanes, and 1–7 major hurricanes, equivalent to a well-below average hurricane season. Also that same day, the ACSTS issued its pre-season forecast, calling for 30 named storms, 14 hurricanes, and 7 major hurricanes, equivalent to a well-below average season. Later on December 25, the Raffaele Tropical Cyclones, Tornadoes and Storms Warning Center issued their forecast of 28–39 named storms, 19–29 hurricanes, 9–13 major hurricanes, and 3 Category 5 hurricanes, which corresponds with the well-below to below average season. On January 1, 2020, the FCX Global Cyclone Tracking Center issued its forecast of 42–48 named storms, 25–29 hurricanes, and 12–15 major hurricanes. That same day, the Sandy Hurricane and Monsoon Center issued its prediction of 40–50 named storms, 20–25 hurricanes, and 8–11 major hurricanes. On January 6, 2020, the I Don't Know Hurricane Center (IDKHC) issued their forecast for the season, calling for a well-below average season with 29–36 named storms, 14–18 hurricanes, and 7–9 major hurricanes. On February 25, 2020, the Danilo Hurricane Center (DHC) issued a forecast of 34 named storms, 24 hurricanes, and 15 major hurricanes. The Nclear Weather Meteorological Center issued a forecast of 31–38 named storms, 16–21 hurricanes, 7–10 major hurricanes, and 2–3 Category 5 hurricanes on March 2nd, 2020. On April 21, the HLMA announced that any spring predictions could be made for the basin, with the agency starting with a prediction of 34–40 named storms, 16–21 hurricanes, and 7–11 major hurricanes. That same day, the Monsoon99 Meteorological Center issued a prediction of 42–47 named storms, 26–30 hurricanes, and 11–14 major hurricanes. The Douglas Hurricane Center also predicted 30–35 named storms, 19–26 hurricanes, and 10–15 major hurricanes. Lastly, Sebastian's Tropical Cyclone Center forecasted 47–49 named storms, 29 hurricanes, and 12–14 major hurricanes, also noting a prediction of 5–6 Category 5 hurricanes.

Seasonal Summary

Systems

Hurricane Ava

Category 2 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	February 6 – February 12
Peak intensity	155 km/h (100 mph) (1-min) 976 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Ben

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	February 25 – February 28
Peak intensity	65 km/h (40 mph) (1-min) 1007 hPa (mbar)

Hurricane Crystal

Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	March 7 – March 12
Peak intensity	150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min) 980 hPa (mbar)

Hurricane Derek

Category 3 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	March 15 – March 27
Peak intensity	205 km/h (125 mph) (1-min) 958 hPa (mbar)

Hurricane Emery

Category 4 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	March 21 – April 2
Peak intensity	220 km/h (140 mph) (1-min) 938 hPa (mbar)

Hurricane Finn

Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	April 4 – April 20
Peak intensity	130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min) 986 hPa (mbar)

Hurricane Gina

Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	April 16 – April 24
Peak intensity	120 km/h (75 mph) (1-min) 976 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Hank

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	April 26 – April 30
Peak intensity	75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min) 1003 hPa (mbar)

Hurricane Isa

Category 2 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	May 3 – May 13
Peak intensity	165 km/h (105 mph) (1-min) 973 hPa (mbar)

Hurricane Jack

Category 3 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	May 30 – June 7
Peak intensity	195 km/h (120 mph) (1-min) 959 hPa (mbar)

Hurricane Katie

Category 2 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	May 31 – July 2
Peak intensity	175 km/h (110 mph) (1-min) 966 hPa (mbar)

Hurricane Linus

Category 5 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	June 3 – June 25
Peak intensity	280 km/h (175 mph) (1-min) 907 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Melody

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	June 15 – June 20
Peak intensity	75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min) 1007 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Nolan

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	June 27 – July 4
Peak intensity	100 km/h (65 mph) (1-min) 985 hPa (mbar)

Hurricane Olive

Category 5 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	July 3 – July 23
Peak intensity	270 km/h (165 mph) (1-min) 915 hPa (mbar)

Hurricane Patrick

Category 2 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	July 8 – July 14
Peak intensity	165 km/h (105 mph) (1-min) 973 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Quenna

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	July 18 – July 20
Peak intensity	100 km/h (65 mph) (1-min) 983 hPa (mbar)

Hurricane Ricky

Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	July 18 – July 30
Peak intensity	150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min) 978 hPa (mbar)

Hurricane Sierra

Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	July 26 – August 3
Peak intensity	140 km/h (85 mph) (1-min) 983 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Timmy

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	July 29 – July 30
Peak intensity	75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min) 1002 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Storm Uma

Tropical Storm Uma
Current storm status Tropical storm (1-min mean)
Forecast map
As of:	4:00 a.m. EDT on August 5
Location:	Central MDR
Sustained winds:	60 mph (50 kt) (1-min mean) gusting to 75 mph (65 kt)
Pressure:	990 mbar
Movement:	NW at 19 mph
See more detailed information.

System Names

Main article: Planet Puppy Tropical Cyclone Naming

The following list of names will be used for named storms that form on Planet Puppy in 2020. The names not retired from this list will be used again in the 2024 season. This was the same list used in the 2016 season, with the exception of the names Gina, Jack, Melody, Ricky, and Timmy, which replaced Gladys, Joe, Mary, Ronald, and Trace, respectively. The names Gina, Jack, Melody, Ricky, and Timmy were all used for the first time this year.

Main List

Ava Ben Crystal Derek Emery Finn Gina Hank Isa

Jack Katie Linus Melody Nolan Olive Patrick Quenna

Ricky Sierra Timmy Uma (active) Vladimir (unused) Wynnie (unused) Xenos (unused) Yasmin (unused) Zane (unused)

Auxiliary

The following list of names will be used for named storms that form on Planet Puppy in 2020. The names not retired from this list will be used again in the 2022 season. This was the same list used in the 2016 and 2018 seasons, with the exception of the names Courtney, Dakota, Elise, Katherine, Logan, and Yara, which replaced Callie, Donovan, Emmy, Kelsey, Luke, and Yolo, respectively.

Avery (unused) Brent (unused) Courtney (unused) Dakota (unused) Elise (unused) Flynn (unused) Grace (unused) Hayden (unused) Idalia (unused)

Jacob (unused) Katherine (unused) Logan (unused) Mallory (unused) Nelson (unused) Opal (unused) Parker (unused) Quella (unused)

Robert (unused) Sadie (unused) Troy (unused) Ursa (unused) Vidal (unused) Winona (unused) Xander (unused) Yara (unused) Zion (unused)

Accumulated Cyclone Energy

ACE (104 kt2) – Storm: Source
1	64.595	Olive	11	7.875	Finn
2	63.5875	Linus	12	7.5325	Sierra
3	41.345	Katie	13	7.385	Ava
4	36.2925	Emery	14	6.285	Nolan
5	24.6675	Derek	15	5.705	Crystal
6	17.675	Jack	16	1.695	Hank
7	12.0375	Ricky	17	1.545	Melody
8	12.0275	Isa	18	1.465	Quenna
9	8.445	Gina	19	0.2825	Timmy
10	7.8975	Patrick	20	0.245	Ben
Total = 327.6625

ACE is the result of a storm's winds multiplied by how long it lasted for, so storms or subtropical storms (originally not included up until 2012) that at lasted a long time, as well as particularly strong hurricanes, have higher ACE totals. Tropical depressions are not included in the season total.

Retirement

The 4th Puppy Hurricane Committee is expected to last from December 28, 2020 - January 1, 2021. The Puppy Hurricane Center issued a date of December 30, 2020 to retire the names for this season and a date of January 1, 2021 to replace those names.

Seasonal Effects

2020 Planet Puppy hurricane season season statistics

Storm name	Dates active	Storm category at peak intensity	Max 1-min wind mph (km/h)	Min. press. (mbar)	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths
Ava	February 6 – 12	Category 2 hurricane	100	976	Mexipup, East Coast of United Doglandia (particularly Floridog)	$628 million	12 (3)
Ben	February 25 – 28	Tropical storm	40	1007	Bulldog Islands, Hispupola, Port Terrier, Boxer Islands, Collar	$75 million	6
Crystal	March 7 – 12	Category 1 hurricane	90	980	Mexipup	$230 million	14 (4)
Derek	March 15 – 27	Category 3 hurricane	125	958	Bulldog Islands, Port Terrier, Hispupola, Jamaipup, Central Doglandia, Collar, Mexipup	$4.37 billion	44 (14)
Emery	March 21 – April 2	Category 4 hurricane	140	938	Boxer Islands, Hispupola, Collar, Eastern United Doglandia, Nova Spaniel, Newdogland	$5.47 billion	31 (9)
Finn	April 4 – 20	Category 1 hurricane	80	986	Jamaipup, Central Doglandia, Mexipup, Southeastern United Doglandia	$486 million	17 (6)
Gina	April 16 – 24	Category 1 hurricane	75	976	Bulldog Islands, Port Terrier, Hispupola, Jamaipup, Collar, Boxer Islands, Southeastern United Doglandia, Mexipup's Peninsula	$257 million	33 (6)
Hank	April 26 – 30	Tropical storm	45	1003	Southeastern United Doglandia, Mexipup	$88 million	10 (3)
Isa	May 3 – 13	Category 2 hurricane	105	973	Boxer Islands, Collar, Floridog, Mexipup, Pupsas	$171 million	11 (4)
Jack	May 30 – June 7	Category 3 hurricane	120	959	Cape Doge, Pug Islands	$4 million	2
Katie	May 31 – July 2	Category 2 hurricane	110	966	Lulu Island, Bulldog Islands, Port Terrier, Hispupola, Boxer Islands, Pug Islands	$436 million	20 (6)
Linus	June 3 – 25	Category 5 hurricane	175	907	Retrieverla, Collarbia, Central Doglandia, Jamaipup, Collar, Boxer Islands, Hispupola, Southeastern United Doglandia (particularly Floridog)	$46.3 billion	227 (44)
Melody	June 15 – 20	Tropical storm	45	1007	None	None	None
Nolan	June 27 – July 4	Tropical storm	65	985	Boxer Islands, East Coast of United Doglandia, Nova Spaniel	>$1.5 billion	25 (5)
Olive	July 3 – 23	Category 5 hurricane	165	917	Cape Doge, Bulldog Islands, Port Terrier, Hispupola, Boxer Islands, Collar, Southeastern United Doglandia, East-Central United Doglandia	>$70 billion	> 1,000
Patrick	July 8 – 14	Category 2 hurricane	105	973	Mexipup	> $250 million	10 (6)
Quenna	July 18 – present	Tropical storm	65	983	Nova Spaniel, Newdogland	Minimal	(1)
Ricky	July 19 – 30	Category 1 hurricane	90	978	Bulldog Islands, Retrieverla, Port Terrier, Hispupola	Unknown	Unknown
Sierra	July 26 – August 3	Category 1 hurricane	85	983	Central Doglandia, Mexipup	Unknown	Unknown
Timmy	July 29 – 30	Tropical storm	45	1002	Southeastern United Doglandia	Unknown	Unknown
Uma	August 3 – present	Tropical storm	60	990	None	None	None
Season aggregates
21	February 6 – present		175	907		> $130.265 billion	> 1,462 (112)

See Also

• Planet Puppy Tropical Cyclone Naming
• List of retired Planet Puppy hurricanes
• List of costliest Planet Puppy hurricanes
• List of Category 3-4-5 Planet Puppy hurricanes