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Hello, I'm Poxy4, and welcome to the first ever Poxy Hurricane Battle! This is meant for you to make your best possible hurricane! Here's how it works.

How to Enter[]

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Creating The Storm[]

First, click the edit button in the upper-right corner of the page.

Next, try to make the best hurricane you can, with the best tracks and pictures possible. Try to go into detail about the hurricane. You also need to insert an infobox for your hurricane.

I know I'm saying hurricane a lot, but you can actually use any scale, typhoon, hurricane, NIO, etc. If you would like to use a fictional scale, please tell me in the comments and post the link to the page for your scale or the wind/pressure necessary to be each type.

Also, make sure that there is only one storm name for each letter, and put it in alphabetical order.

When you're done, say who you are. It would also be appreciated if you would link your userpage.

Also, you can only add up to three storms. If you wish to make more visit the Poxy Hurricane Battle Sandbox.


Categories[]

There are 4 categories to win.

  • Most Realistic (Hurricane Omar)
  • Most Unique (Hurricane Ricardo)
  • Most Detailed (Hurricane Sabrina)
  • Poxy's Pick (Hurricane Corsa)

If you are looking to earn the Most Realistic title, I'd just like to point out that a storm categories above Category 5 (Categories 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, Hypercane, Megacane, Infinite Storm, and Mini Black Hole) will all be immediately disqualified from that award. I would also like to point out that the weaker the storm, the more likely it is to get Most Realistic. Also, surviving over land for prolonged periods of time, forming over land, or forming in odd places will also lower your chances.

If you seek to earn Most Unique, those things listed above along with erraticness are good ideas when it comes to Most Unique. A bland tropical storm that forms over the MDR in September and dissipates because of wind shear is a lot less likely to win than a Category 6 storm that curves in and out of landfall multiple times before crossing into the pacific and becoming a cat 7.

If you want to earn Most Detailed, it could be a Mini Black Hole or a Tropical Depression or anything in between, as long as it features many little details like pressure and detailed landfalls. Also, a storm with a main article is more likely to win.

Poxy's Pick is just the storm I like best.


This is an example of how it should look.

Tropical Storm Betty[]

Tropical storm
Poxy-betty
DurationJuly 17th, 2020 – July 20th, 2020
Peak intensity40 mph (65 km/h) (1-min) 1004 mbar (hPa)

On July 13, a cluster of thunderstorms known as a mesoscale convective vortex formed over the northern part of the United States. The PHWC noted that the system had a slight chance of formation when it moved over the Atlantic. On July 15, it did just that, and started to organize. The system was upgraded to Tropical Depression Two at around 0300 UTC on the 17th. The depression intensified into tropical storm at later that day. Despite wind shear, it maintained a peak intensity of 40 mph and a minimum barometric pressure of 1004. Betty then ran into cooler waters and began to weaken. On the 19th of September, the storm became a tropical depression, and on the 20th, it weakened into a post-tropical remnant.

Created by: Poxy4


This storm is from the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season (Presented by Poxy)


May the best storms win, and good luck!

Storms[]

It would be nice if someone could make it in alphabetical order! We just need a A and B storm. Then we can go onto D! Share your idea, Poxy.

Hurricane Corsa[]

Winner of the Poxy's Pick prize!

Category 4 hurricane (SSHWS)
Hurricane Corsa
DurationJune 27th, 2020 – July 16th, 2020
Peak intensity145 mph (235 km/h) (1-min) 966 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Depression 03L, later to be Corsa, has formed west of New Guinea, Africa on June 27. This year’s waters has tend to be warmer this year. On the 29th, it has upgraded to a Tropical Storm, causing it to become the 3rd named storm of 2020, Corsa. On the first if July, Tropical Storm Corsa continues to move towards the Gulf at a slow, steady pace, NWW at 7 MPH. 475 miles from the Bahamas, it upgrades to hurricane strength. It intensifies quickly into a category 4 on the 3rd, and starts moving quickly, NNNW at approximately 30 MPH, possibly hitting either hitting Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, or the Florida Panhandle. All 4 states including Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky are evacuated for safety precautions. On Independence Day, Corsa has made landfall on Mobile, Alabama 1st, then maneuvers and peaks into New Orleans, and sits there for a while, causing a local annihilation and major Katrina-like flooding. Finally, Corsa starts moving, hitting Huntsville, Alabama, Nashville Tennessee, and directly navigating towards Lexington, Kentucky and Charleston, West Virginia. This makes Corsa the first ever hurricane to hit 4 capitals in it’s lifespan. It downgrades into a category 2 as it hit Lexington on the 11th. It hit Charleston on the 14th as a category 2 still. What a durable storm! It has exited land on the 15th, upgrading itself to a category 2 for 4 minutes, and finally dissipates on the 16th.

Hurricane Corsa was made by FuturPDUCTIONS.

Hurricane Josephine[]

Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS)
Cat1jen
DurationSeptember 21st, 2020 – September 25th, 2020
Peak intensity90 mph (150 km/h) (1-min) 966 mbar (hPa)

A cold front extending from Nova Scotia to Mexico spawned a weak low pressure area just off the coast of Mexico. Due to a trough that also began moving east, the low was pushed east, and began to organize due to warm waters. Bursts of convection were observed in the storm, and a Hurricane Hunters aircraft mission observed that, although the storm was producing gale-force winds, it lacked a well-defined circulation. As a result, the National Hurricane Center began issuing advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone Two, located 200 miles west-southwest to Cuba, on September 20. A later hurricane hunters aircraft mission found a closed circulation, and as a result, the National Hurricane Center classified the storm as Tropical Storm Josephine on September 21, 2020. For the entirety of Josephine's life, it took a west to east track, which is rare in the Caribbean, and was only the second time a tropical cyclone moved in that direction; the first time was Hurricane Lenny, in 1999.

The trough continued to push the storm east, as the storm slowly intensified. Satellite data found that the storm was now attempting to develop an eyewall, and based on this information, along with buoy data, the National Hurricane Center upgraded Josephine to a Category 1 Hurricane on September 23. Around the same time, it reached it's peak intensity, with winds of 90 mph, and a pressure of 966 millibars. It passed over the Windward Islands, and began to weaken the next day, due to a combination of wind shear and dry air. It weakened into a tropical storm on September 24, and began moving north. It lost it's circulation on September 25, and merged with a small extratropical cyclone.

this trash storm was made by presidentofyes12

Hurricane Nicholas[]

Hypercane (SSHWS)
Hypercane Nicholas sim Nicholas Track Litia
DurationSeptember 23rd, 2020 – October 30th, 2020
Peak intensity565 mph (905 km/h) (1-min) 682 mbar (hPa)

On September 22 a vigorous tropical wave exited the coast of Africa and immediately began to develop. Finding that a warm core had developed in the system, the NHC designated the system as a tropical depression at 0100 UTC on the 23rd. Moderate wind shear prevented the depression from strengthening significantly, but nevertheless intensified slowly, becoming Tropical Storm Nicholas early on September 25. Nicholas intensified into a Category 1 at 1100 UTC on the 27th when hurricane hunter planes detected sustained winds of 80 miles per hour and a central pressure of 982 millibars. As the developing storm was steered westward by an anticyclone to the system's northeast, relaxing wind shear and increasingly warm waters allowed Nicholas to begin rapid intensification while approaching the Leeward Islands, becoming a Category 2 at 2000 UTC on the 28th, a Category 3 at 0000 UTC on the 30th, a Category 4 at 0100 UTC on October 1, and a Category 5 at 1900 UTC on the same day. On October 2, Nicholas attained an initial peak intensity of 210 mph and 873 mb (a Category 6) just north of Puerto Rico. On October 3, Nicholas made landfall on the Dominican Republic as a still-powerful 205 mph Category 6 at 0700 UTC. The mountainous terrain of Hispaniola dramatically weakened Nicholas into a Category 2 as it exited the island, but extremely favorable conditions allowed it to explode into a 155 mph Category 4 hurricane right before hitting Jamaica on October 5 at 0200 UTC. Despite hitting land, however, Nicholas continued to intensify due to abnormally high SST's and rapidly strengthened into a monstrous Category 7 hurricane with winds of 245 mph and a central pressure of 839 mb at 2200 UTC on the same day, developing a minuscule pinhole eye only 1.5 miles across. Inevitably, Nicholas's tiny eyewall caused it to undergo an eyewall replacement cycle on October 6, causing it to weaken slightly, but still retained Category 7 status as it began to target the Yucatan Peninsula. Eventually, at 0600 on October 8, Category 7 Hurricane Nicholas made landfall on the Yucatan with a pressure of 842 mb and winds of 235 mph. Land interaction weakened Nicholas down into a Category 4 storm before it exited the Yucatan and entered the Bay of Campeche. Upon entering, however, Nicholas hit a region of exceptionally warm sea surface temperatures of 50 degrees Celsius, which led to one of the fastest and most significant cases of explosive intensification on record. After re-strengthening into a Category 7 on October 9, Nicholas's winds increased by over 300 mph and its pressure dropped by over 200 mb in a matter of hours and achieved a record-breaking peak intensity of 565 mph and 682 mb, becoming the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded on Earth (though Nicholas would eventually be surpassed by Hurricane Sabrina the same year). Nicholas, being touted as the first hypercane ever recorded, made landfall near the Texas-Mexico border at 1200 UTC on October 11. As Nicholas curved northeastward, the hypercane changed little in strength due to a strong brown ocean effect, with its only reaction to landfall being a brief eyewall replacement cycle. On October 13, the extremely powerful Hypercane Nicholas finally exited Texas and entered the Gulf of Mexico, where the storm grew to a record-breaking size of 1,675 miles in diameter as it began to move eastward towards Florida. At 1800 UTC on October 15, Nicholas's 235 mile-wide eyewall thundered ashore onto Western Florida with sustained winds of 515 mph and a central pressure of 694 mb. The effects of land interaction, wind shear, and dry air began to plague Nicholas afterwards, weakening dramatically into a mere Category 7 upon exiting Florida and possessing a ragged eye on satellite. Nicholas made a sharp turn north on October 17 when Nicholas encountered yet another exceptionally warm area of water, which caused the storm to explode into a hypercane once more with winds of 500 mph and a pressure of 702 mb on the same day. After passing extremely close to North Carolina on the 18th, Nicholas underwent one last eyewall replacement cycle and weakened back into a Category 7 again. At 1300 UTC on October 20, Nicholas made a final landfall on Long Island, New York with winds of 225 mph before extremely unfavorable conditions caused Nicholas to rapidly weaken into a mere tropical storm. On October 22, while northeast of Lake Ontario, the NHC detected an occluded front forming with Nicholas, and a hurricane hunter flight on the same day confirmed that the storm had transitioned into an extratropical cyclone, and advisories on the powerful and cataclysmic hurricane finally ended.

However, Nicholas was far from over. On October 28, while west of Spain and Portugal, Nicholas's extratropical remnants unexpectedly began to reorganize. A hurricane hunter flight into the storm showed that Nicholas was gaining subtropical characteristics, carrying winds of 55 mph and a pressure of 999 mb, and advisories resumed on the storm. On October 29, Nicholas hit yet another spot of unusually warm waters, and the system not only regained tropical characteristics, but rapidly intensified into a Category 3 hurricane, becoming the easternmost major hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic. Shortly after peaking with winds of 125 mph and a pressure of 956 mb, Nicholas made landfall on Portugal at 0100 UTC on October 30, becoming the first major hurricane to ever hit Europe. However, very high wind shear and dry air quickly tore apart Nicholas's structure, and the storm finally dissipated for good at 1700 UTC on the same day.

Nicholas was the deadliest and most damaging tropical cyclone ever recorded, with its EF5-force winds and tsunami-like storm surge causing cataclysmic destruction all across the Atlantic basin. Despite evacuations on the scale of millions of people in response to Nicholas, the storm still caused an inconceivably high loss of life; a total of 1,354,978 people died in the United States alone, with 925,634 deaths in Mexico, 10,266 deaths in Jamaica, 6,488 deaths in Hispaniola, 4,592 deaths in Portugal, 2,763 deaths in Cuba, 942 deaths in Puerto Rico, and 315 deaths in Canada. In addition, Nicholas wrought havoc on the economies of the countries it affected, with total economic losses adding up to 1.2 trillion (2020 USD). The areas unfortunate enough to experience Nicholas's violent winds and flooding were completely flattened, with even the sturdiest skyscrapers being uplifted and torn into smithereens. Many coastlines were permanently altered by Nicholas, with cities like New Orleans being put completely underwater (despite Nicholas never making landfall on the city, which only shows how large the storm was at peak). President Donald Trump, who personally visited the affected areas, described the damage as "apocalyptic" and "like something out of the extinction of the dinosaurs". Even the White House itself was not immune to the effects of the storm, with hurricane-force winds being recorded in Washington D.C. Nearly every wealthy nation in the world offered some form of aid to the countries affected, sending in rescue personnel, nurses, and money. Furthermore, Nicholas's storm clouds reached all the way up to the stratosphere, which had catastrophic effects on the ozone layer. This lead to an increase in cancer cases across North and South America, though the effects of this are not considered a direct effect of the hurricane. Overall, Nicholas is remembered as one of the most cataclysmic events to ever occur on Planet Earth, and the hypercane still serves as a reminder that no force is greater than the force of Nature.

This Category 10 Electric Boogaloo Massive Black Hole was created by Litia Von Lucerna.

Hurricane Omar[]

Winner of the Most Realistic prize!

Category 3 hurricane (SSHWS)
110824 Hurricane Irene
DurationSeptember 24th, 2020 – October 5th, 2020
Peak intensity125 mph (205 km/h) (1-min) 954 mbar (hPa)

Hurricane Omar was a major category 3 hurricane with a rather erratic track hitting Florida three times, once as a category 3 and the others as a category 2, it was a destructive storm that brought mass flooding to the greater Miami area on its first landfall.

Omar formed from an intense and rather large tropical wave off south of the island of Hispaniola. (This wave was the same one that would split in half and form Hurricane Paula the same day.) When the NHC center had recognized this wave it had winds that had maxed out at 45 mph and it was given the name Omar. Omar had ran into an area of wind shear majorly disorganizing it and weakening it to a tropical depression. Omar with winds of only 30 mph after wind shear was expected to become a remnant low within the next 3 days. At 1800 UTC Omar was upgraded back up to a tropical storm with winds of 55 mph and starting to organize and grow significantly larger. on September 27 Omar had rapidly intensified into a Category 3 hurricane with recorded winds of 125 mph off the coast of Cuba and moving at 11 mph to the north-west and preparations if Miami and the entirety of Monroe county which encompassed all of the Florida Keys, and Broward county. The official NHC track had Omar passing just south of Key West making people worried that it could possibly further intensifying into a category 4 or maybe 5 heading towards the state of Louisiana but in the future, this would be proven false. As Omar was nearing the coast of Florida, the NHC had advised hurricane warnings for the entirety of South Florida.

At 1500 UTC on September 29 Omar made landfall in Miami Beach Florida bringing intense winds and extremely heavy rain and massive storm surge to the city. Omar brought around 2 feet of rain to the greater Miami area and 12-foot storm surge to Miami Beach and Miami causing devastating flooding killing only 56 people, fortunately. The strong winds and intense waves caused the Venetian Causeway Bridge to collapse thankfully killing no one. The strong winds made some upper floor windows in skyscrapers in Miami to shatter. At 0300 UTC 12 hours after landfall, Omar was downgraded to a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph as it moved into the Gulf of Mexico. At 1200 UTC Omar was upgraded to a category 1 once again with winds of 90 mph moving NNW at 16 mph.

At 1600 UTC on October 1 Omar was upgraded to a category 2 hurricane with sustained wind of 110 mph as it neared the Gulf Coast of Florida which was put under hurricane warnings and storm surge warnings. Omar had started to move directly north at 10 mph as it neared Mexico beach which was still recovering from Hurricane Michael 2 years earlier as they braced for impact. Omar was expected to bring an upwards of 20 inches of rain to the greater Mexico Beach area and storm surge up to 8 feet.

On October 3 Omar made his second landfall in Mexico Beach Florida devastating houses on the beach with 9-foot storm surge and brought almost 2 feet of rain to the city causing massive damage. Omar washed away part of U.S highway 98 causing many people to be trapped in their cars. Then Omar made a sudden turn to the south-east bringing Omar back out to sea as a category 1 storm with winds of 95 mph. The most recent track from the NHC showed Omar hitting Apalachicola as a Category 2 hurricane.

The next day on October 4 Omar made his third and final landfall in Apalachicola, Florida as a category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 105 mph. The storm brought 14 inches of rain to the city and an underwhelming 5-foot storm surge causing only minor damage to the city as it turned north towards Tallahassee, the capital of Florida. At 1800 UTC on October 5 Omar was downgraded to a tropical depression as it crossed the Florida-Georgia border and dissipated over Athens, Georgia.

The governor of Florida, Ron Desantis, visited all of the cities that took a landfall from Omar, and later confirmed that Omar had caused 171 people to perish, and FEMA said that Omar left behind 23.5 billion in damages.

The WMO retired the name Omar due to the high damage caused, it will never be used again for an Atlantic hurricane. Omar will be replaced by Owen for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season.

Hurricane Paula[]

Category 2 hurricane (SSHWS)
Download-1
DurationSeptember 24th, 2020 – October 2nd, 2020
Peak intensity105 mph (165 km/h) (1-min) 979 mbar (hPa)

Paula brung mass casualties in honduras and surrounding regions and was a essentially weaker version of Mitch. Paula's predecessor wave likely was the same as Omar's. On September 22, the NHC marked a small wave with a 30% development chance for 2 day period and was slightly upscaled that same day. The next day the NHC marked it as PTC-20 and it wasn't long until TD-19 formed. On September 24 TD-19 had officially strengthened into Tropical Storm Paula, and the NHC marked it as a potential threat to the Caribbean sea. On one of the fastest intensifications ever Paula, was a hurricane even before the next day and was not expected to stop strengthening yet. On September 25 Paula is now a Category 2 hurricane according to the SSHWS and the NHC analysis. Paula peaked that day at 105 mph or 165kph, it moved south to make a devastating landfall in honduras as a CPDSS scale of 8. The next day paula had weakened substantially to a tropical storm and started to move out back into Caribbean. Paula also slowed down alot after making landfall which only made the situation worse. On September 27 Paula had regained hurricane status and started to speed up. The NHC warned of a possible deadly impact on cuba and bahamas even as a pretty weak storm. Paula than weakened the next day while speeding through the bahamas and cuba. It became even weaker the next day and started showing signs of fizzling out. Early on September 30, Paula had been downgraded to a extratropical cyclone. On october 2nd the storm finally dissipated along with Omar. The NHC officially retired Paula and it will be replaced by Priscilla for the 2026 season. This retirement is due to the 2.4b dollars in damage this storm did and plus the 3,293 confirmed casualties from Paula.

A remade version of this storm can be found here!

Hurricane Ricardo[]

Winner of the Most Unique prize!

Category 5 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Ricardo-submission Ricardo track
DurationNovember 6 – December 14
Peak intensity285 km/h (180 mph) (1-min) 917 hPa (mbar)

An abnormally violent tropical wave was tracked by the National Hurricane Center on November 6, 2020 in the southern Gulf of Mexico at approximately 8:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time. This wave, labeled Tropical Disturbance Twenty-Three, had been developing for approximately three hours with a pressure of 1013 mbar and peak winds of 23 miles per hour, or 37 kilometers per hour. Meteorologists and forecasters predicted that the disturbance had an 70% formation chance within the next two days and a 90% formation chance within the next five days. As the disturbance began to pick up speed, meteorologists noticed a sudden rapid intensification process caused by warm sea temperatures and nonexistent wind shear. In the early hours of November 7, 2020, Tropical Disturbance Twenty-Three attained tropical depression status, labeled as Tropical Depression Eighteen with peak windspeeds of 30 miles per hour, or 45 kilometers per hour, with a low of 993 mbar. In the following hours, Eighteen gained enough strength and intensity to be classified as a powerful tropical storm and was named Ricardo.

Becoming the fastest intensifying storm in the Atlantic basin, Ricardo continued to build up winds around 203 nautical miles from the East Coast of Jamaica. Ricardo became a category two hurricane on November 9, with peak winds of 110 miles per hour or 175 kilometers per hour, and a low of 973 mbar. Ricardo made its first of many landfalls in Jamaica, where it sliced the country in half and mainly affected central Jamaica with heavy rainfall of 8.3 mm per hour. It also affected the coasts of Jamaica with weak hail and moderate thunderstorms. Ricardo exited Jamaica without weakening and began moving Eastern with a sudden curve toward the Yucatan Peninsula. At the time, the Gulf of Mexico was facing the warmest waters it had ever recorded at approximately 38 degrees Celsius, so Ricardo began rapidly intensifying into a category four hurricane with peak speeds of 150 miles per hour or 240 kilometers per hour, and a low of 942 mbar. Shortly after, it made its second landfall of its vigorous journey throughout the Atlantic in the Yucatan Peninsula. With it came heavy showers, powerful hail, devastating storm surges, and severe thunderstorms which left the peninsula in ruins as Ricardo traveled south.

Ricardo only strengthened over land, becoming a category five major hurricane on November 24, 2020 with peak winds of 200 miles per hour or 325 kilometers per hour. At this time, Ricardo broke the record for the most violent, costly, and deadly Atlantic hurricane, making one of its most devastating landfalls in Belize. With it came unsurvivable storm surges, winds of up to 205 miles per hour, and a total of 1,057 deaths in total due to drowning or indirect deaths. With the devastating Belize landfall, Ricardo rapidly weakened into a category three major hurricane before striking Guatemala. It brought storm surges of moderate power, violent winds, and a total of 276 deaths in total. As Ricardo exited Guatemala and began traveling toward the Pacific Ocean, Ricardo finally dissipated on December 14. Its remnants traveled over Hawaii, bringing minimal rainfall before it was absorbed by another storm known as Typhoon Caleb.

Ricardo broke many records, including most violent, costly, and deadly Atlantic hurricane ever recorded. It was also the longest-lasting Atlantic hurricane, surviving for over thirty-eight days before its dissipation in the Pacific. Ricardo was retired during the 43rd session of the RA IV hurricane committee due to its impact in central America and the Gulf of Mexico.

Hurricane Ricardo was created by ISawHimVent.

Hurricane Sabrina (made by CrazyCyclone1216)[]

Winner of the Most Detailed prize!

Hurricane Katrina (2005 - New)

On September 26 at 03:17UTC, The National Hurricane Center began tracking an area of low pressure of 996 millibars about 500 miles off Baja California in the northwest Pacific. It was slightly organized, with a small eye and outer walls, and was moving northeast at 26 miles per hour.

Early On September 27, it had become more organized, with a visible eyewall and outer winds of 43 miles per hour and 52 gusts, and a low pressure of 989 millibars, therefore it had gained Tropical Storm status. The National Hurricane Center named it Tropical Storm Sabrina.

At 21:46UTC on September 27 Sabrina was about 300 miles off the south of Baja California, and was causing waves and flooding on the coast on September 27 and 28. At 10:31UTC on September 28, The storm had winds of 76 miles per hour with gusts of 80+. The National Hurricane Center placed a Hurricane Warning for Baja California Sur and Hurricane Watch for Baja California. At 20:20UTC On September 28, Sabrina made landfall about 53 miles of San Carlos, Baja California Sur as a Category 1 Hurricane. Sabrina caused high waves and shore break on the coast of Baja California Sur and inland flooding. Wind gusts of 100 miles per hour were reported in Santa Rita and San Lucas, and Major flooding was reported in Santa Maria Beach.

It was moving inland at 112 miles per hour, already a Category 2 Hurricane. On September 29 at 02:42UTC Sabrina exited out of Santa Rosalia, and entered the Sea of Cortez, were warm waters of 86⁰F - 92⁰F allowed it to strengthen into a Category 3 on September 30. On September 31, Sabrina made landfall again as a Category 3 with wind gusts of 146 miles per hour near San Felipe, causing massive waves and catastrophic flooding and as it moved inland it caused high storm surge for Baja California. It moved further inland, not weakening but if anything strengthening, causing widespread destruction and flooding in California. Sabrina destroyed a Sequoia forest in California and killed 6 people who were crushed by the trees. The storm kept strengthening inland, possibly because of the very high temperatures in Death Valley reaching Category 5 and spawned sandstorms and haboobs off Death Valley. The sandstorms affected the air quality Los Angeles, Arizona and Oregon. Sabrina also worsened the 2020 California wildfires, as lightning set trees on fire on isolated areas. The massive destruction of Sabrina was felt throughout all of California, and the haboobs in Arizona killed 3 people.

On October 1, The National Hurricane Center declared a state of Emergency for California and all of Western United States.

People evacuated to the East states and North. Others who couldn't evacuate room the option to escape into the Pacific Ocean, and about 1000 of these people drowned due to the high waves.

Meanwhile, Sabrina was still causing historically catastrophic flooding in Calfornia. The National Hurricane Center detected that Sabrina reached its peak as Category 9 Hurricane on October 1 with ravaging winds of 241–260 mph and approximately 1,260 miles, which destroyed all of California and Nevada's forests, deserts, and cities. Sabrina was so big, infact, that its gusts could be felt in Mexico, and people in Central United States experienced Category 2 Hurricane winds.

At its peak, Sabrina could be more or less compared to Katrina or Typhoon Tip, the largest tropical cyclone in history.

Sabrina exited the United States off the coast of Eureka, Samoa and stayed on water's eye just 20 miles off the coast of Oregon leaving 15"-20" inches of rain and flooding on Portland, Florence and Newport. Sabrina made landfall on Cape Dissapointment causing high waves and flooding on Washington. It also destroyed the lighthouse in Destruction Island.

On October 2, Sabrina downgraded just as quickly as it upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane, then a tropical storm as it moved Northwest, leaving some 10" - 5" of rain in Washington and Vancouver, and a snowt formed in Canada that left 7" of snow. After being a devastating Category 9 hurricane, Sabrina neared the end of its life and finally dissipated 50 miles off Ketchikan, Alaska at 23:42UTC on October 2.

Sabrina
Formed Sept 27
Dissipated Oct 2
Highest winds Gusts:
1235 km/h (765 mph)


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Category 9 Theta Hurricane (SSHWS)
Hurricane Sabrina
FormedSept. 27, 2020
DissipatedOct. 2, 2020
(Extratropical after September 30)
(Remnant low after October 1st)
Duration5 days (1 week)
Highest winds1-minute sustained:
1180 km/h (730 mph)
Gusts: 1235 km/h (765 mph)
Lowest pressure636mbars (lowest pressure) hPa (mbar)P
Fatalities>3.715
Damage>525.6+ Billion
Areas affectedPuerto Vallarta, Mexico, Baja California, Alta California
Part of the 2020 Pacific Hurricane Season


Photos of impact[]

220px-Hurricane Odile 2014 making landfall

Sabrina making landfall on Baja California Sur on September 27

Hypercane 2

At its peak intensity, the storm was 1,269 miles wide and had winds of 730 mph.

300px-Infrared satellite image provided by the US Naval Research Labortory

An Extratropical Sabrina making landfall on Canada

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Haboobs caused by Sabrina hitting Arizona on October 1

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Survivor woman documenting the damage of Sabrina

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Sequoia tree downed by Sabrina

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10ft waves caused by Sabrina off the shore of Cape Dissapointment on October 2

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Hurricane Yolanda (Lazar)[]

Category 8 hurricane (SSHWS)
Sally 2020 Image (MG V2)
DurationOctober 1 – November 29
Peak intensity395 mph (640 km/h) (1-min) 

On September 29, a vigorous tropical wave formed of the coast of Africa. It quickly organized and became Tropical Storm Yolanda on October 1. Soon it started rapid intensification and became a Category 1 on October 3. It kept rapidly strengthening and became a Category 3 the next day. Yolanda kept intensifying and became a Category 5 as it neared the the Lesser Antilles. Yolanda made landfall in the Lesser Antilles and entered the Caribbean Sea, still rapidly strengthening. Yolanda soon became a Category 6 as it started to curve towards the Yucatan Peninsula. Yolanda continued its rapid intensification and became a Category 7. Yolanda kept inching closer to making landfall in the Yucatan Peninsula. Yolanda soon became a Category 8 and peaked with winds of 395 mph. Yolanda finally made landfall over the Yucatan Peninsula with winds up to 375 mph on October 16. Yolanda entered the Bay of Campeche as a Category 7 as Yolanda transitioned north. Yolanda soon re-strengthened into a Category 8 with its second peak of winds up to 380 mph as it moved toward Texas. The NHC forecasted Yolanda to make landfall in Texas when all of a sudden on October 22, Yolanda made an eyewall replacement cycle, causing it to transition northeast while weakening back into a Category 7. Yolanda soon made landfall over New Orleans on October 27. Yolanda soon rapidly weakened inland as it turned toward the Carolinas. By the time Yolanda reached the Carolinas on November 6, it was a tropical storm. Yolanda soon emerged over waters off the coast of the Carolinas the next day. Yolanda soon moved away from land and started to re-strengthen. Yolanda became a Category 1 while moving towards cooler waters on November 13. Yolanda kept intensifying and became a Category 2 on November 15 as Yolanda kept moving towards Europe. Yolanda soon became a Category 3 and made its third peak of winds up to 120 mph before making landfall in Portugal as a Category 2. Yolanda soon moved into Spain as a Category 1 before emerging into the Mediterranean Sea as a tropical storm on November 21. Yolanda soon started to re-strengthen as it curve towards France. Yolanda soon became a Category 1 again and made its fourth and final peak of 75 mph before making landfall in France as a tropical storm with winds up to 65 mph. Yolanda soon became a tropical depression and finally dissipated over Luxembourg. In total, Yolanda caused 3,946 deaths along with $101.5 billion dollars in damage.

Tropical Storm Wally[]

Tropical storm
Wally
DurationDecember 1st – December 2nd
Peak intensity75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min) 1003 hPa (mbar)

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Tropical Depression Twenty One formed unexpectedly in the Norwegian Sea around 22:00 UTC on December 1 from an extremely rare interaction between a polar low and the remnants of Hurricane Vicky. The storm strengthened to a Tropical storm at 23:00, but dissipated at 01:00 the next day due to cold sea surface temperatures.

Wally broke the record for the northernmost-forming tropical cyclone on record, forming at 63°N.

Tropical Depression 02L[]

Tropical depression
DurationJune 20 – June 20
Peak intensity55 km/h (35 mph) (1-min) 1002 hPa (mbar)


On June 19, the NHC began tracking a disturbance just north of Cuba and gave it a 10% chance of forming in the next five days, due to the amount of wind shear and large amounts of dry air. However, despite all of that, the system became more organized and the NHC increased the system's chances of development. On June 20, the system rapidly organized and developed a circulation, and the NHC upgraded it to a tropical depression at 11 AM UTC and didn't think it would develop further. As quickly as it formed, the depression quickly lost its circulation and by the next advisory, it quickly lost its low-level circulation due to the intrusion of dry air and the NHC declared it post-tropical.

While post-tropical, the system made landfall in Florida, causing a large amount of rainfall. It caused mild amounts of flash flooding and one fatality was recorded in a 44 year old man who was electrocuted by a fallen powerline.

wikipedia:Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale

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