Examples of Atlantic Basin in a sentence
The first group contains a data type indicator (e.g., WT for hurricane), a geographical indicator (e.g. NT for Atlantic Basin), and a number.
The “Offshore Non-Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean & Mid-Atlantic Geographic Region” is the portion of the Atlantic Basin (i.e., Offshore areas only) bounded to the west and north-west by the Offshore Gulf of Mexico Geographic Region and bounded to the north by the latitude of the most easterly point of the border of the states of Florida and Georgia, and bounded to the south by latitude 11.5° north.
The “Offshore Lower Atlantic Geographic Region” is the portion of the Atlantic Basin (i.e., Offshore areas only) bounded to the north by latitude 11.5° north.
The “Offshore Upper Atlantic Geographic Region” is the portion of the Atlantic Basin (i.e., Offshore areas only) bounded to the south by the latitude of the most easterly point of the border of the states of Florida and Georgia.
With eight hurricanes in the Atlantic Basin from August 9 – September 29, a first in 124 years, 2017 is already among the top ten most active in history and the first to experience three Category 4 hurricanes (Harvey, Irma and Maria) in a single year.
In 2016, the US experienced the highest amount of tropical cyclone activity in the Atlantic Basin since 2010 with 15 named storms – the first forming in January - seven hurricanes and four major hurricanes (Category 3 and above) from June 1 – November 30.
A modelling study by Schleussner and Feulner (2013) suggested that volcanic eruptions occurring during the last millennium increased Nordic Sea sea ice extent, which weakened AMOC and eventually cooled the entire North Atlantic Basin.
Each year, Colorado State University (CSU) makes predictions on the number of tropical storms, hurricanes, and intense hurricanes that will arise in the Atlantic Basin.
The storm system evolved into Hurricane Joaquin and defied weather forecasts and standard Atlantic Basin hurricane tracking by traveling southwest.
Further, an average of three to four Category 4 and 5 hurricanes1 per year is predicted by 2025 in the Atlantic Basin, corresponding to a 210- to 280-percent increase in the number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes compared to the long-term (1944-2007) average of 1.4 such hurricanes per year.