How to travel to the caribbean during hurricane season. The waves emergence over water was accompanied by a surge in moisture, leading to the development of scattered convection. Timeline of the 2016 atlantic hurricane season wikipedia. Ernesto was the last western caribbean hurricane landfall prior to earl. Increase in number of expected storms for 2016 atlantic hurricane. The caribbean hurricane season falls under the atlantic hurricane season. The atlantic hurricane season runs from june 1st through november 30th. Caribbean hurricane season occurs roughly from the end of may to the beginning of december, with the peak season being from august through october. However, the highrisk period is typically confined to a short period from midaugust to early october. However, just like any other hurricane season, tropical cyclones can occur at any moment. By early june, the wave entered the caribbean sea and spawned a low pressure system.
On may 27, a tropical wave exited the coast of africa. Spanish translations, when available, are courtesy of the nws san juan weather forecast office. Summer comes in hot and humid on most of these tropical islands, then the weather starts to cool a few degrees as autumn arrives. The 2016 atlantic hurricane season was an above average season with 15 named storms, 7 hurricanes. The areas covered include the north atlantic ocean, gulf of mexico and the caribbean sea. Out of all the regions in the caribbean, the southeastern part has the least number of hurricanes and the southwestern and the northeast region the bahamas has the most. The 2016 atlantic hurricane season featured a combination of destructive hurricanes and climatological oddities in a season that stretched from january through late november. The 2020 atlantic hurricane season affects many areas of the region. The 2016 atlantic hurricane season featured a combination of. The 2016 atlantic hurricane season has been a busy one so far. The 2016 atlantic hurricane season featured a combination of destructive hurricanes and climatological oddities in a season that stretched from january through late. Discussions 2016 caribbean hurricane network stormcarib. In 2016, hurricane matthew hit jamaica and cuba in the first few days of october.
On july 25, 2016, the national hurricane center nhc began monitoring a tropical wave over the eastern atlantic along the coast of west africa. Phil klotzbach, said this forecast is based on an extendedrange early. Even though the caribbean hurricane season is from june to november, there are still times when hurricanes are almost nonexistent. We would like to visit a caribbean island currently looking at either somewhere in the bahamas or puerto rico, but totally flexible in the last week of august eg smack in the middle of hurricane. The 2016 atlantic hurricane season featured above normal activity, with. Hurricane alex, the first such system to develop in january since 1938. The year opened up with an anomalous storm in january. It will begin on june 1st and end on november 30th. The east pacific hurricane season is oftoverlooked because there are simply more people cruising the caribbean than, say, the mexican riviera. The 2016 atlantic hurricane season was the first aboveaverage hurricane season since 2012. Hurricanes occasionally form in may so dont be fooled into believing that they cant form outside these dates. Best time to visit the caribbean 2020 hurricane season.