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tropical storm status. 2. Tropical cyclone activity Tropical cyclone activity NWP NEP NAT NI MED TOTAL Tropical depressions (<34 knots) 5 (6) 0 (0) 2 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 7 (6) Tropical storms (34-63 knots) 13 (13) 8 (11) 5 (14) 6 (3) 1 (2) 33 (43) Hurricanes/typhoons (>63 knots) 12 (10) 10 (8) 8 (7) 1 (3) 0 (0

safe during impactful storms.   If a storm is named by a different storm naming group and impacts the UK, the given name will be used in communications, as occurred with Storm Malik in January this year. In addition, if the remnants of a hurricane has moved across the Atlantic to impact UK weather

following Harvey and Aileen (which could have primed the public) and during Ophelia and Brian. Hurricane Ophelia (9-20 th Oct) Storm Brian (22 nd Oct) 763 664 Storm Aileen (mid Sept) Hurricane Harvey (late August/early Sept) 258 275 128 w/c 09/10/17 w/c 16/10/17 w/c 23/10/17 w/c 30/10/17 w/c 06/11/17

and is often characterised by heavy showers and thunderstorms. While it is unlikely that you’ll have a washout, there remains the risk of hurricanes during this period as well with the most active period often generally falling between August to October. Rainfall is highest during October

- this is due to the channelling effects they have on the atmosphere. May sees the beginning of the rainy season with rain falling mostly as late showers, and is heavier on the mountains and north-east facing coasts. From June to December, hurricanes can hit the Caribbean, although Trinidad & Tobago are too far south to be affected.

© Crown Copyright 2019, Met Office 5 Exploring extreme weather | Extreme weather Extreme weather profile cards Hurricane Hurricanes are very large, rapidly rotating storms, with very strong winds and thunderstorms. Each year several make landfall and can cause considerable damage to property

of frequencies and gives up-to-date information and advice. There is also a lot of information on a variety of web sites, the most authoritative being those maintained by NOAA and the National Hurricane Center.

the Pennines too. Weathermen were required to know which way the wind blew as many were forced to take shelter from the storm. As typical for Storm Dylan, a hard rain did indeed fall, buckets of it in fact, with many caught blowing in the wind, though never quite becoming a hurricane.

areas of improvement such as the improvements to the NSWWS which MH and her team have delivered. The group were informed about the Met Office work in forecasting and tracking the Atlantic hurricanes which have plagued the Caribbean this season. The Met Office global model, and a nested high resolution

Tropical depressions (<35 knots) 0(2) 1(2) 0(0) 1(4) Tropical storms (35-63 knots) 3(7) 6(6) 0(0) 9(13) Hurricanes/typhoons (>63 knots) 7(4) 7(2) 0(0) 14(6) Total 10(13) 14(10) 0(0) 24(23) Basin name abbreviations: SWI : South-West Indian (west of 90° E) AUS : Australian (east of 90° E) SAT : South