1983 Atlantic hurricane season

Infobox hurricane season
Basin=Atl
Year=1983
Track=1983 Atlantic hurricane season map.png First storm formed=July 29, 1983
Last storm dissipated=September 30, 1983
Strongest storm name=Alicia
Strongest storm pressure=963
Strongest storm winds=100
Total depressions=7
Total storms=4
Total hurricanes=3
Total intense=1
Fatalities=22
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Inflated=2
five seasons=1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 The 1983 Atlantic hurricane season was the least active Atlantic hurricane season in 53 years, with only four tropical cyclones forming.citation
author=John Arnold
year=1983-11-30
title=Hurricane season ends weakly
newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer
accessdate=2007-12-16
url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB296B86DF4D337&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM] The season officially began on June 1, 1983, and lasted until November 30, 1983. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most storms form in the Atlantic basin. The season had very little activity, with only seven tropical depressions, four of which reached tropical storm strength or higher. This led to the lowest Accumulated Cyclone Energy count since 1950, but not since 1900.

The season began later than normal, with the first tropical depression forming on July 29. and the second on July 31. However, neither tropical depression strengthened, with the first dying out on July 30. The second one dissipated on August 3. Hurricane Alicia formed as Tropical Depression Three on August 15, quickly intensified into a hurricane on August 16 and made landfall in Texas on August 18. Alicia caused over $3 billion in damage in Texas. Hurricane Barry formed on August 25, crossed over Florida and strengthened into a hurricane. Barry made landfall near Brownsville, Texas and dissipated over land on August 30.

Hurricane Chantal, the third of three hurricanes in 1983, formed on September 10. It strengthened into a hurricane, but stayed out to sea, being absorbed by a front on September 15. Tropical Depression Six formed on September 19, peaked at 35 mph (55 km/h) and caused heavy rains in the Caribbean before degenerating into a wave on September 21. Tropical Storm Dean was the final storm of the season, forming on September 26. It originally went to the north, peaking at convert|55|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on winds (85 km/h), and making landfall in the Delmarva Peninsula on September 29. It dissipated on September 30, over the coast of Virginia.

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Retirement

The World Meteorological Organization retired one name in the spring of 1984: Alicia. It was replaced in the 1989 season by Allison.

ee also

*List of Atlantic hurricanes
*List of Atlantic hurricane seasons
*1983 Pacific hurricane season
*1983 Pacific typhoon season
*1983 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
*Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons: 1982–83, 1983–84

Further reading

*cite book |title=El Niño and the Southern Oscillation: Multiscale Variability and Global |last=Diaz |first=Henry F. |authorlink= |coauthors=Markgraf, Vera |year=2000 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=0521621380 |pages= |url=
*cite book |title=Catastrophic Coastal Storms: Hazard Mitigation and Development |last=Godschalk |first=David R. |authorlink= |coauthors=Brower, David J.; Beatley, Timothy |year=1989 |publisher=Duke University Press |location=Durham |isbn=082230855X |pages= |url=

References

External links

* [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/storm_wallets/atlantic/atl1983-prelim/ Detailed information on all storms from 1983 from NHC]
* [http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/1983.html U.S. Rainfall information for storms from 1983 from HPC]