Ra IV hurricane committee thirty-fourth session ponte vedra beach, fl, usa Figure Irene was the exception, and was the only hurricane to affect the United States in 2011. Cindy, Franklin, and Jose were short-lived tropical storms that formed in the subtropical Atlantic and moved northeastward over open waters 145.08 Kb. 1
Review of the past hurricane season summary of the past season Atlantic hurricane since Igor of 2010. There was also a tropical depression during July that failed to strengthen into a tropical storm. Figure 1 depicts the tracks of the tropical storms and hurricanes of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane 132.24 Kb. 1
Summary of the past season The active season likely resulted from very warm sea surface temperatures in the tropical Atlantic between the Lesser Antilles and Africa, combined with the change in Pacific Ocean conditions from El Niño in 2009 to La Niña in 2010 155.96 Kb. 1