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Interannual and Multi-Decadal Variability in Atlantic
Basin Hurricane Activity
Phil Klotzbach
Department of Atmospheric Science
Colorado State University
WMO RA-IV Workshop on Hurricane Forecasting
February 28, 2017
Special Thanks to Eric Blake (NHC)
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Outline
Atlantic Basin Seasonal Hurricane Prediction
Make Your Own Seasonal Hurricane Forecast
2017 Atlantic Basin Seasonal Outlook
Atlantic Basin Multi-Decadal Hurricane Variability
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In Memory of Bill Gray (1929-2016)
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Seasonal Forecasting is more than this!
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“It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future”
HOWEVER…
“You can see a lot by looking”
Yogi Berra
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El Niño
• Natural warming of the equatorial waters in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean every 3 to 5 years
• Affects global atmospheric circulation patterns by altering thunderstorm development in the deep tropics
• Moderate or strong events generally cause a reduced Atlantic hurricane season
• Weaker events have little relationship to Atlantic hurricane activity
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El Niño’s Impacts on Upper-Level Wind Flow – From Gray (1984)
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-5 0 5
Zonal Wind (u) ms-1
TROPOPAUSE (16 km)
a ba – fewer TCs (El Niño)
b – more TCs (La Niña)
Vertical Wind Profile in
the Main Development
Region (10-20°N; 70-
20°W)
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El Niño minus La Niña Accumulated Cyclone Energy Generation (1985-2014)
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North Atlantic Sea-Surface
Temperatures (SSTs)
• In the Atlantic basin, warmer waters generally mean a more active hurricane season.
• Relative warmth of Atlantic to global tropics also important.
• Higher SSTs lead to more instability in the boundary layer of the atmosphere.
• Changes in SST gradients modulates regional circulation patterns.
• Atlantic SSTs also atmospheric proxy.
• Cooler waters are linked to higher surface pressures, stronger surface winds (higher shear as a result) and upwelling.
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Correlation between Atlantic SST and Atlantic Hurricane Activity
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The Atlantic Meridional Mode: SST, wind, and precip anoms
•Amplifies via the
wind-evaporation-SST
(WES) feedback
mechanism
•Strongest signal during the
spring, but persists into
hurricane season
•Leading mode of basin-
wide ocean-atmosphere
interaction between SST
and low-level winds
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Comparative effects of the AMM (local) and ENSO (remote)
on vertical wind shear in the Atlantic
Shear regressed onto AMM and Nino 3.4 indices, and
correlations between the indices and storm activity.
units: m/s per
standard deviation
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July Low-Level Wind Flow in the Caribbean has Very High Correlation with Atlantic Hurricane Activity
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El Niño
La Niña
Neutral
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El Niño
Neutral
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El Niño
La Niña
Neutral
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CFS version 2
1. An atmosphere at high horizontal resolution (spectral T574, ~27
km) and high vertical resolution (64 sigma-pressure hybrid levels)
for the real time analysis
2. An atmosphere of T126L64 for the real time forecasts
3. An interactive ocean with 40 levels in the vertical, to a depth of
4737 m, and horizontal resolution of 0.25 degree at the tropics,
tapering to a global resolution of 0.5 degree northwards and
southwards of 10N and 10S respectively
4. An interactive 3 layer sea-ice model
5. An interactive land model with 4 soil levels
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2012
Slightly Above Normal
Year
Tropical Storms Hurricanes
ACE Index
% of Median
402 14 4 132
403 15 5 131
404 11 2 94
405 11 2 132
406 10 3 72
407 9 3 106
408 15 5 131
409 14 2 84
410 11 4 88
411 13 6 184
412 11 0 77
413 14 7 166
414 16 8 185
415
416
417
418
CFS-based TS, Hurricanes and ACE Index Forecast
Atlantic Basin– May forecast
Tropical Storms Hurricanes
ACE Index
% of Median
Ensemble 12.6 3.9 121.6
Standard Deviation
2.2 2.3 39.0
Range 10-15 2-6 83-161
Model Clim 10.6 3.8 85.4
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Tropical Storm Risk Seasonal Forecast Predictors
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Seasonal Hurricane Forecast Compilation Website – http://www.seasonalhurricanepredictions.org
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Exercise
• Using what you have been taught about
seasonal forecasting, make a seasonal forecast
with the atmospheric and oceanic slides in the
following slides.
• Please forecast number of tropical storms,
hurricanes, major hurricanes and ACE.
• Remember long term averages are 12 TS, 6 H,
3 MH and ACE ~ 100
• What are the expected climate conditions for
hurricane season? How will these conditions
affect your forecast?
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North Atlantic May SSTAs
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Global May SSTAs
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ENSO Outlook from CPC and Upper Ocean Heat Content Anomalies
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Tropical Pacific SSTA Evolution
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El Niño
Neutral
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El Niño
La Niña
Neutral
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El Niño
La Niña
Neutral
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ASO SSTA forecast from ECMWF
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ASO SLPA forecast from ECMWF
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ASO Precipitation Forecast from ECMWF
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And the Year Being Forecast Is…..
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2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season
Outlook
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El Niño
La Niña
Neutral
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El Niño
La Niña
Neutral
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Mid February 2017 SST Anomalies
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Date
6
April
1
June
3
July
2
Aug
Seasonal
ForecastX X X X
2017
Forecast Schedule
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1900-1925 1926-1969 1970-1994 1995-2016
Cat 3-4-5 13 28 10 31
13
28
10
31
Annual Number of 6 Hour Periods for Cat 3-4-5 Hurricanes
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GLOBAL SURFACE SALINITY
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THC (or AMO)
STRONG
THC (or AMO)
WEAK
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1 2
3
H
H
Courtesy of John Marshall (MIT)
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1860 1900 1940 1980 2020
Goldenberg et al. (2001)
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Mid February 2017 SST Anomalies
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47%
27%
31%
38%
30%
15%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
US Gulf + FL Panhandle FL Peninsula + East Coast
Per-Year Probability of One or More Major Hurricane Impacts in Positive and Negative AMO Phases (1878-2016)
Positive AMO Negative AMO
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Arago’sAdmonition:
“Never, no matter what may be the progress
of science, will honest scientific men who
have regard for their reputations venture to
predict the weather.”
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Contact Info:
Phil Klotzbach
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://tropical.atmos.colostate.edu
Twitter: @philklotzbach
Facebook: CSU Tropical Meteorology Project