User:Omni ND/Forecast for the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season2

Alberto

Duration: May 13-19 Maximum Winds: 90 knots Minimum Pressure: 970 mbar Damage: $780 million Deaths: 54

An intense area of convection split off the Inter-tropical Convergence Zone and bloomed into Tropical Storm Alberto while moving over the warm waters of the southern Caribbean Sea. Alberto struck the very eastern tip of Cuba as a strong Category 1 hurricane, causing unseasonable rains over the island. Alberto paralleled the northern coast of Cuba and intensified further into a Category 2 hurricane. Hurricane Alberto then made landfall on West Palm Beach, causing a disproportionate amount of devastation. Alberto was originally forecast to disspate over the Bahamas.

Beryl

Duration: May 18-28 Maximum Winds: 115 knots Minimum Pressure: 939 mbar Damage: $175 million Deaths: 12

A tropical wave moved over an area of warm water to the south of Cape Verde and intensified into Tropical Depression Two and then Tropical Storm Beryl. Beryl rapidly intensified into a major Category 4 hurricane and began to recurve while weakening over the colder waters. On May 23, Beryl's eyewall touched down on Martinique while it was a Category 1. It maintained that intensity until it became extratropical just north of Bermuda. Beryl was the strongest tropical cyclone to form in May ever.

Chris

Duration: June 2-7 Maximum Winds: 55 knots Minimum Pressure: 999 mbar Damage: $4 million Deaths: 0

An area of disturbed weather organized into Tropical Storm Chris over the Bahamas in very early June, and intensified slightly before dissipating over the central Atlantic.

Debby

Duration: June 7-23 Maximum Winds: 145 knots Minimum Pressure: 900 mbar Damage: $24 billion Deaths: 104

A tropical wave became Tropical Storm Debby in the Bay of Campeche and explosively intensified into a Category 3 major hurricane before landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula. Hurricane Debby weakened to a Category 2 hurricane after land interaction, but immediately reintensified into a Category 5 hurricane while south of Havana, Cuba. Debby caused a storm surge that temporarily cut through the island. Debby then was forced east-southeastward by a high to the north and devastated the entire length of the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands as a Category 4. Debby then slowly moved to the northeast until it was 500 miles east of Bermuda. There, steering currents collapsed and Debby wheeled around as a Category 1 hurricane for 10 days until it dissipated.

Aftermath

Hurricane Debby came from the west in every place it made landfall, causing unprecedented surge to the western coasts of the Yucatan, Cuba, and the Bahamas. The Florida Keys also sustained very significant damage. The rapid intensification