Quiet hurricane season ends
- November 29, 2014
- / Ron Stallcup
- / community-dashboard
Sunday marks the end of the Atlantic hurricane season that started on June 1.
“Fortunately, much of the U.S. coastline was spared this year with only one landfalling hurricane along the East Coast. Nevertheless, we know that’s not always going to be the case,” said Louis Uccellini, Ph.D., director of NOAA’s National Weather Service.
Why did we have quiet season during 2014?
“A combination of atmospheric conditions acted to suppress the Atlantic hurricane season, including very strong vertical wind shear, combined with increased atmospheric stability, stronger sinking motion and drier air across the tropical Atlantic,” said Gerry Bell, Ph.D., lead hurricane forecaster at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center.
“Also, the West African monsoon was near- to below average, making it more difficult for African easterly waves to develop.”
It's been nine years since Florida has been hit by a hurricane.
Here is an overview of the number of storms for the 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season:
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