Forum:2018 Pacific hurricane season

AOI: SW of Mexico III
Another AOI appears. 0/20. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 00:21, July 28, 2018 (UTC)
 * Now he 10/30. Check dem runs bruh bc de ting poppin' §ÖñÖ ÇHÌ ñÖ §ÄÐÄMÈ JÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖJÖ 12:02, July 28, 2018 (UTC)

So far so good... §ÖñÖ ÇHÌ ñÖ §ÄÐÄMÈ JÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖJÖ 13:27, July 28, 2018 (UTC)
 * Aletta: "haha look at me i believe i can fly i believe i can touch the sky no motherf-cker can match me ahahahaha"
 * Bud: "haha i'm gonna beat you! all years before 2006 sucked! now i'm finally a cat 4! i made landfall unlike that dutch twit aletta who is a coward!"
 * Carlotta: "mummy i wanna go to mexico like patwicia"
 * Daniel: "zzzzzz... damn... zzzzzzz"
 * Emilia: "all 1994 cat 5s for sh-t tropical storms in 2018"
 * Fabio: "i am trying to eat more to be a category 5 but i'm not gaining any weight"
 * Gilma: "SMOKE SHEAR EVERYDAY!"
 * Hector (my prediction):  "halp pws "
 * Ileana (my prediction): "hahaha mexico get drenched while i flirt with your coastline"
 * John/Kristy/Lane (my prediction): "WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW? WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHY ARE WE THREE GETTING FATTER? WHY ARE WE SEEING HULA DANCERS?"-lane overdoses on roids at the same time john takes xans and kristy takes ket-
 * Miriam (my prediction): "zzz"
 * well now de ting at 20/40 get in §ÖñÖ ÇHÌ ñÖ §ÄÐÄMÈ JÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖJÖ 01:12, July 29, 2018 (UTC)
 * DE TING GO BOOM AT 30/50 MAN GUN FORM BEFORE JULY ENDS §ÖñÖ ÇHÌ ñÖ §ÄÐÄMÈ JÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖJÖ 13:15, July 29, 2018 (UTC)
 * any1 ceen de gfs runs? whoever is runnin it is on crak cocaine bcuz dei dink hector wll reach c8gorii 5... fabio any1? POWAH TO HEKTUR!!!!!!! :DDDD §ÖñÖ ÇHÌ ñÖ §ÄÐÄMÈ JÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖJÖ 13:25, July 29, 2018 (UTC)

Back to 20/40 again. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 02:22, July 30, 2018 (UTC)

93E.INVEST
Has been invested a few days ago (according to Tropical Tidbits), and has been designated as 93E. 50/60. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 00:04, July 31, 2018 (UTC)
 * JTWC has issued a TCFA (although unofficial). 60/70. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 06:56, July 31, 2018 (UTC)
 * If this becomes Hector it's going to be weak, unfortunately. ~ KN2731 {talk} 13:55, July 31, 2018 (UTC) (see my next comment below)


 * HOW??? DIDN'T THEY BLOW HIM UP INTO A CAT 5?!?! §ÖñÖ ÇHÌ ñÖ §ÄÐÄMÈ JÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖJÖ 14:55, July 31, 2018 (UTC)
 * Maybe the wind shear is at it again. Or the cold waters of the EPac intervened. But whatever. I just hope we'll get to at least Lane or Miriam before August ends. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 16:45, July 31, 2018 (UTC)
 * lane better be a roidy storm bruh §ÖñÖ ÇHÌ ñÖ §ÄÐÄMÈ JÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖJÖ 17:47, July 31, 2018 (UTC)
 * and now de ting at 80/80 now get dem jerky chicken n chow mein down ur belly gyal (i meant boi) and you will grow up poppin. yass queen. §ÖñÖ ÇHÌ ñÖ §ÄÐÄMÈ JÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖJÖ 17:57, July 31, 2018 (UTC)

Tropical Depression Ten-E
35 mph/1007 mb, becomes a hurricane at the very end of the current cone. Future Hector, you had better not let me down. Send Help Please (talk) 20:49, July 31, 2018 (UTC)
 * Well, at least I'm glad that a storm is finally predicted to become a hurricane, but whether it does or doesn't, all of that will happen in August unfortunately. This July is probably one of the least active July in the EPAC since, well I'm not sure.  ~ Roy25     Talk  |  Contributions   21:01, July 31, 2018 (UTC)
 * July 2010 was even less active. Anyways, I'm excited to see that this could become a hurricane in 5 days. Hopefully it does become a hurricane because it would be frustrating to see it underperform, especially due to the inactive July. Don't let me down upcoming-Hector! ~  Steve 🌞   Talk Page  My Edits  📧  02:25, August 1, 2018 (UTC)

Tropical Storm Hector
Now a TS with 40/1006. Still expected to be a hurricane in the long run. ~ Roy25    Talk  |  Contributions   03:09, August 1, 2018 (UTC)
 * heh what if hector becomes the boy version of the bvsed darby LOL! §ÖñÖ ÇHÌ ñÖ §ÄÐÄMÈ JÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖJÖ 11:34, August 1, 2018 (UTC)

Archived the rest of July in here and the other basins. Hopefully Hector remains away from Hawaii down the road; if so, it wouldn't be bad to see him become a major hurricane, but the current forecast peak is only strong cat 1. But as many storms in the past, most recently Aletta earlier this year, have shown, it could always go above that. Ryan1000 14:14, August 1, 2018 (UTC)
 * This will likely be a long tracked formidable hurricane. A ridge should keep this away from Hawaii, even though fantasy runs from the ECMWF and GFS bring this quite close. YE Pacific Hurricane  17:19, August 1, 2018 (UTC)
 * Considering that long-run NHC forecasts are often conservative, I won't be surprised if Hector can reach major hurricane intensity or even C4 intensity. In fact, they are now forecasting a C2 by 5 days. Hopefully it stays away from Hawaii in the very long run. ~  Steve 🌞   Talk Page  My Edits  📧  20:27, August 1, 2018 (UTC)
 * 70 mph/995 mb as of latest advisory, hurricane intensity is right around the corner. Also, looking at some of the model runs, this has the potential to be a tri-basin storm.  Send Help Please (talk) 09:39, August 2, 2018 (UTC)

I doubt Hector will be much of a threat to Hawaii due to his small size, but the small size of this storm could lead to it undergoing RI and becoming a cat 4, like some other small and unexpected cat 4's we've had in recent years, like Fernanda and Kenny last year and Georgette in 2016. But the subtropical ridge should keep this south of Hawaii without causing much impact. Ryan1000 12:45, August 2, 2018 (UTC)

Hurricane Hector
Now A Hurricane. 85mph and 987mb Nickcoro (talk) 14:40, August 2, 2018 (UTC)


 * "Well, so much for the shear" -- Forecaster Blake, latest discussion. :) Now expected to become a 120 mph cat 3, but that may be conservative. I think RI is on the way for Hector. Ryan1000 14:58, August 2, 2018 (UTC)


 * I take back my earlier statement. I guess I was unlucky and viewed the models at a time when they were coincidentally showing a weak storm. ~ KN2731 {talk} 15:09, August 2, 2018 (UTC)
 * Also given Hector has intensified 35 knots in the past 24 hours (winds were at 45mph / 75km/h this time yesterday) he's already RIing. Hector's intensity might level off in a while however due to lower oceanic heat content as mentioned in the NHC forecast discussion but after Hector enters the CPac he'll likely explode again. Hopefully Hector doesn't move too far north at that time so he'll miss Hawaii. ~ KN2731 {talk} 15:21, August 2, 2018 (UTC)
 * Nearly a major!!! 95 kts/973 mbar per the latest advisory, now forecast to peak as a low-end Category 4 in 72 hours. This could be the storm that makes up for what Fabio should have been... --Dylan (HurricaneMaker99) 21:00, August 2, 2018 (UTC)

The late end of the current NHC forecast cone shows Hector taking a bit of a northwestward turn, which could bring him close to Hawaii down the road...hopefully the subtropical ridge of high pressure that usually protects Hawaii from hurricanes keeps Hector south of the islands. Ryan1000 05:11, August 3, 2018 (UTC)
 * Down to 105 mph in the meantime. Still expected to hit major hurricane status in a few hours. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 11:32, August 3, 2018 (UTC)

I'm starting to doubt Hector, he's down to 90 mph and 983 mbars and his organization has been slipping lately, with much of the convection southeast of the circulation. Ryan1000 17:23, August 3, 2018 (UTC)

Idk Ryan. The latest ATCF update has major Hurricane Hector. I think it could still pull off C4. We'll see what happens. - VileMaster (talk) 01:15, August 4, 2018 (UTC)

Major Hurricane Hector
120 mph/967 mb as of latest advisory. I was beginning to wonder if Hector would be Hilary/Fabio 2.0, but he has put those doubts to rest. However, he is only allowed to continue to intensify if he stays away from Hawaii. Send Help Please (talk) 03:05, August 4, 2018 (UTC)


 * Hector is probably about to undergo an ERC, but he's still forecast to reach C4 status before entering the CPac. The current NHC forecast track takes Hector south of Hawaii but it's still too far out to be certain on any impact. ~ KN2731 {talk} 03:33, August 4, 2018 (UTC)

Welp, looks like I spoke too soon. For the first time since Bud, we have a major here in the EPac. But Hawaii's ridge is still expected to keep Hector south of the islands down the road, hopefully that remains the case. Ryan1000 04:36, August 4, 2018 (UTC)
 * Surprised to see this after the brief weakening earlier. Nice job, Hector! A C4 is looking likely now. Hopefully it stays south of Hawaii like the forecast shows. ~  Steve 🌞   Talk Page  My Edits  📧  06:42, August 4, 2018 (UTC)

Hector just can’t make up his mind, can he? From a Cat 2, borderline Cat 3, to a Cat 1, back up to a Cat 2 again, and now a major. Leeboy100 Hello!! 07:02, August 4, 2018 (UTC)
 * In just 24 hours, Hector gave us more EPac drama than the whole of July. 120 mph now, but pressure is not what one would expect for a C3: 962 mb. Anyway, the (in)famously conservative NHC forecast puts Hector to reach and peak as a high-end C3 at 125 mph, but knowing that this is the EPac, I will not be surprised if Hector reaches 140 or even 145 mph. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 09:06, August 4, 2018 (UTC)
 * Hector has now been confirmed to be a Category 4 hurricane by the NHC. Sincerely, IbAHAn1829, and stay safe! \(:-D)Chat/Ta ta! 02:46, August 5, 2018 (UTC)

Hector has gone back down to C3, but may become annular in a few days which should help him survive longer. ~ KN2731 {talk} 09:08, August 5, 2018 (UTC)

We may very well have a tri-basin storm here, if the current GFS and Euro model runs are to be believed. Send Help Please (talk) 09:17, August 5, 2018 (UTC)


 * Hector back up to a Category 4 storm. It is now 115 kts/952 mbar, which is just 1 millibar stronger than its previous peak. T  G  2 0 1 8 20:52, August 5, 2018 (UTC)


 * Hector is now a 140 mph / 947 mbar hurricane. This storm keeps strengthening, then weakening, then strengthening again. Sincerely, IbAHAn1829, and stay safe! \(:-D)Chat/Ta ta! 01:39, August 6, 2018 (UTC)

Next advisory on Hector will be from the CPHC. ~ KN2731 {talk} 03:38, August 6, 2018 (UTC)


 * I think it may be safe to say at this point that Hector will remain south of Hawaii down the road, and because he's not too big his impacts down the road will likely be limited to high surf. Ryan1000 04:48, August 6, 2018 (UTC)


 * Now crossing into the CPac, so the NHC has issued their final advisory on this system. I'm glad to see it become an intense C4, as long as it spares Hawaii from impacts! I agree that the only impacts they should get is high surf, but I don't think I would rule out Hawaii getting a few showers from Hector. I bet it's going to eventually cross the IDL and become a tri-basin storm. First since Genevieve, I think? ~  Steve 🌞   Talk Page  My Edits  📧  05:09, August 6, 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, but unlike Genny I don't think Hector will be that strong when, or if, he reaches the WPac, and if he does reach the basin, he's probably going to turn northward eventually and dissipate out at sea. There's never been an EPac proper-forming storm to reach the WPac basin and hit one of the mainland countries in the WPac, although two CPac named storms (Oliwa '97 and Halola '15) have done so in Japan. Ryan1000 12:56, August 6, 2018 (UTC)
 * With an intensity of 125 kts/941 mbar per the latest CPAC advisory, Hector has eclipsed Aletta as the season's strongest storm thus far. --Dylan (HurricaneMaker99) 15:03, August 6, 2018 (UTC)

Hector is expected to be at least a 120 mph hurricane when he passes south of Hawaii down the road, and a cat 2 late in the forecast period. Maybe Hector could reach the dateline and cross into the WPac after all. Would be neat to see. Ryan1000 16:35, August 6, 2018 (UTC)

Hector is a really impressive looking storm, and is now the strongest one of the season. I just hope impacts in Hawaii aren’t too bad. Leeboy100 Hello!! 19:51, August 6, 2018 (UTC)
 * Oh this is a lock to make it tho the WPAC and it'll likely be a Cat 3 or 4 the rest of the way til it reaches 140W. YE Pacific Hurricane  20:24, August 6, 2018 (UTC)


 * I’m hearing reports that Hurricane Hunters are measuring sustained winds around 150 mph, which means that we might be talking about a borderline Category 5. It’s not predicted to become a Category 5, and I don’t expect it to become one, but I also didn’t think Hector would even get this strong, so who knows? Leeboy100 Hello!! 20:56, August 6, 2018 (UTC)


 * New advisory: 155 mph, 936 millibars. Right as I say that, Hector is almost a Category 5. Leeboy100 Hello!! 21:04, August 6, 2018 (UTC)


 * Woah, Hector's improving very well on his image, he might even be the first Pacific cat 5 since Patricia in 2015, and the first in the CPac since Ioke in 2006, and the first EPac crosser to do so since 1994 (also, both 2006 and 1994 used this year's naming list). Fortunately, Hector is still expected to track well south of Hawaii, but his northern rainbands could cause some minor effects to the Big Island...a TS watch is in effect for them. Ryan1000 21:31, August 6, 2018 (UTC)
 * At this point, unless Hector veers more northward than forecast and becomes an unexpectedly great threat to Hawaii, I hope he manages to squeak Category 5. I honestly didn't even entertain the prospect of a C5 Hector until the latest advisory. Also, I suspect Hector will turn out to be a significant ACE producer by the time he exhausts himself; he's already at a value of 21.6925 accumulative of his tenures in both the EPAC and the CPAC, and could potentially exist for at least another week. I wouldn't be surprised to see Hector's ACE ultimately exceed 40, or possibly even 50. The first tropical cyclone to exist in the CPAC this season is kicking things off with a bang. --Dylan (HurricaneMaker99) 00:29, August 7, 2018 (UTC)

Hector could really generate a lot of ACE if he maintains his intensity for many days, since he has somewhat annular characteristics on satellite imagery. The highest ACE for any tropical cyclone in the EPac and/or CPac was 62.76 ACE units from Hurricane Fico in 1978 (John of 1994 accrued about 54 ACE units in the EPac and CPac combined, although his ACE was over 70 if you count his life west of the dateline). The highest ACE from any single storm in the EPac proper alone was Kevin of 1991 with just over 52 ACE units, followed by Tina '92 and Trudy '90. Ryan1000 01:06, August 7, 2018 (UTC)

There is a decent chance that Hector already achieved Cat. 5 status in between the latest update and the previous one, or at some time between the latest update and the upcoming one. If he isn't upgraded on the next update, he might have a chance at a post-season upgrade. Send Help Please (talk) 01:59, August 7, 2018 (UTC)


 * No changes as of latest advisory, I still think Hector has a shot at Cat. 5 before it begins to slowly weaken. Send Help Please (talk) 03:04, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * 145 mph/938 mb, but expected to still be a major after it's closest pass to the Big Island.  Send Help Please (talk) 09:30, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * And Hector might just have been a Category 5. At least according to Tropical Tidbits. It says that Hector reached 160 kts at around 0600 UTC (around 8PM EDT). Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 09:50, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * Hector you gorgeous b-stard. Keep going and you'll become a weeaboo like Genevieve. I am so proud of you my son. yare yare daze (talk) 14:57, August 7, 2018 (UTC)

Hector is down to 130 mph, but he should still rack up a large amount of ACE over the next week, after which he should be crossing into the WPac. ~ KN2731 {talk} 15:19, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * According to the cone, Hector is predicted to briefly weaken below major hurricane staus before strengthening back to major hurricane status as Hector approaches the WPAC. Looks like Hector pulled a Jose, failed to reach C5 status and (potentially) be the longest lived of the season.  ~ Roy25     Talk  |  Contributions   17:30, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * I dunno, Hector might still have a chance to make Cat. 5 after he clears Hawaii and becomes a major again. He's already outperformed intensity estimates, who's to say he won't continue?  Send Help Please (talk) 21:38, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * I was a bit disappointed that it failed to reach C5 after it reached 155 mph earlier. It could reintensify quite a bit when it enters warming waters, although they only forecast a reintensification to 115 mph. I highly doubt it will get as far as C5, but it is possible it could intensify back to C4. This is going to be a tri-basin storm and will have a grand ACE at the end. ~  Steve 🌞   Talk Page  My Edits  📧  23:42, August 7, 2018 (UTC)


 * I am also surprised it wasn’t upped to a 5 as well. Also, yes, Hector is supposed to weaken further, but then reintensify. Also, sidenote (but somewhat off topic): This is probably just me being superstitious, but I feel uneasy hoping for a Cat 5 (fishie or not) after a few Pacific storms failing to reach Cat 5 early in the season. Remember what happened the last time we did that? We got our wish, except it was in the form of a 215 mph megastorm headed straight towards Mexico. Leeboy100 Hello!! 04:35, August 8, 2018 (UTC)
 * Hector's still going strong as a minimal Cat. 4, with no changes to central pressure.  Send Help Please (talk) 13:42, August 8, 2018 (UTC)

Down to a strong C3. Hector's been weakening rather slowly though, and is forecast to retain major hurricane status for the next four days at least. Hector may also restrengthen slightly on days three and four. ~ KN2731 {talk} 13:46, August 8, 2018 (UTC)


 * His strong annular-like structure is the reason for that, and that's why Hector will likely maintain his intensity for a good amount of time. He has already racked up more than 31 ACE units, and if he can maintain major hurricane intensity for the next 3-4 days while east of the dateline, Hector may be a top 5 ACE producing hurricane while east of the dateline. Ryan1000 17:36, August 8, 2018 (UTC)
 * is it me or is it that hector is one of the most beautiful storms of the year? not only that but i like his optimistic "never give up" attitude towards anything! also I wonder which of these would be his ultimate theme tune should he cross into the wpac? 🅱ust 🅱hut 🅱p 🅱lready 😂😂👌🏿👌🏿💯💯 (talk) 18:04, August 8, 2018 (UTC)

AOI: South of Mexico
Another AOI at the south of Mexico appears. 0/30 as of now. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 02:22, July 30, 2018 (UTC)
 * DE TING BE BLOWIN UP MAN §ÖñÖ ÇHÌ ñÖ §ÄÐÄMÈ JÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖJÖ 11:24, July 30, 2018 (UTC)
 * This one probably won't do too much. Models are more interested in blowing up a possible system after this into a powerful hurricane. ~ KN2731 {talk} 13:56, July 31, 2018 (UTC)


 * in what way won't ileana do anything and john be poppin dem hurricane pills brah? §ÖñÖ ÇHÌ ñÖ §ÄÐÄMÈ JÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖJÖ 14:56, July 31, 2018 (UTC)
 * SO WAIT JOHN BE POPPIN PILLS TO BECOME A CAT 5? AND THE OTHER STORM IN THE MODEL RUN IS KRISTY?? If shear is gonna relax in august according to models then 420% likely that lane be on roids §ÖñÖ ÇHÌ ñÖ §ÄÐÄMÈ JÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖJÖ 15:00, July 31, 2018 (UTC)
 * Up to 0/40, and I feel this could be Ileana, but not sure how strong it'll get. However, "John" sounds like a strong name, and it would be exciting to see the system after this become "John" and intensify to as much as a C5 (as long as it remains out to sea). ~  Steve 🌞   Talk Page  My Edits  📧  02:29, August 1, 2018 (UTC)
 * i predict: hector will peak at a c3, ileana a c3 and john a c1. kristy and lane are two c4s. -- §ÖñÖ ÇHÌ ñÖ §ÄÐÄMÈ JÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖJÖ 11:35, August 1, 2018 (UTC)

Still not on the 2-day TWO, but it is now at 0/50. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 13:11, August 1, 2018 (UTC)
 * ileana be bvsed LOL! -- §ÖñÖ ÇHÌ ñÖ §ÄÐÄMÈ JÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖJÖ 13:33, August 1, 2018 (UTC)


 * This will probably become Ileana next week. Rooting for it to become a hurricane or stronger unless it affects Mexico in the long run. ~  Steve 🌞   Talk Page  My Edits  📧

Nvm my below comment this'll become something soon. Currently at 10/80. Ryan1000 15:04, August 2, 2018 (UTC)


 * Oh lol, I mixed this up too. The AOI that I said wouldn't do anything much is the one below at 10/30, while the "possible system after this" is actually this AOI at 10/80. ~ KN2731 {talk} 15:13, August 2, 2018 (UTC)

Currently 20/90. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 03:14, August 3, 2018 (UTC)
 * 30/90 now. Ileana is coming... Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 11:34, August 3, 2018 (UTC)


 * 50/90, and the race to become Ileana (with the below AOI) is on. ~ KN2731 {talk} 03:29, August 4, 2018 (UTC)


 * 60/90 now. ~  Steve 🌞   Talk Page  My Edits  📧  06:43, August 4, 2018 (UTC)

95E.INVEST
Finally made into an invest. This is actually the 70/90 one. The race for Ileana is on. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 09:08, August 4, 2018 (UTC)
 * 80/90 now. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 13:02, August 4, 2018 (UTC)
 * Now at 90/100, this will form very soon. ChowKam2002 (talk) 18:24, August 4, 2018 (UTC)

Tropical Depression Twelve-E
Now a tropical depression. 30 kts/1006 mb. T  G  2 0 1 8 20:44, August 5, 2018 (UTC)

Tropical Storm John
Forecast peak at 95 knots, but could be higher given rapid intensification is likely. ~ KN2731 {talk} 03:39, August 6, 2018 (UTC)
 * Ok, the EPac is on FIRE. Three active systems, and a fourth one looking likely from the 60/80 invest?! Newly-named John is going to be the stronger one out of the twins of very close proximity. I'm betting at least a C3, maybe a C4, is in store for John. ~  Steve 🌞   Talk Page  My Edits  📧  05:11, August 6, 2018 (UTC)


 * John's intensity history has been somewhat off and on, he was a cat 2 in 1978, a major in 1982, 1994 and 2006, but he failed miserably in 2012 and wasn't too strong in 2000 or 1988. If John can remain offshore without causing much impact to Mexico, I personally hope he becomes a cat 5 so we can have a Pacific hurricane name reach category 5 intensity twice, but that intensity may be pushing it a bit far with this one. Nonetheless, RI index is high, and I would be surprised if this incarnation of John doesn't become at least a cat 3. Ryan1000 05:16, August 6, 2018 (UTC)


 * This storm is now at 60 mph and 999 mbars, and is forecast by the NHC to become a hurricane in the next six to twelve hours. Sincerely, IbAHAn1829, and stay safe! \(:-D)Chat/Ta ta! 11:52, August 6, 2018 (UTC)
 * Rapid intensification index is extremely high with this storm (60 to 90% according to the NHC's latest forecast discussion) and John already looks like a hurricane on satellite imagery. He's expected to become at least a 125 mph cat 3 at this point, but given John's very favorable environment and small circulation (TS winds go only 70 miles from the center), there is a very good chance he could get stronger than the 125 mph that NHC currently forecasts; the SHIPS and LGEM models show an even higher intensity. I'd say John is already a lock for a cat 4 at this point, and maybe there's an outside chance John could be the first Pacific hurricane name to reach category 5 intensity twice. Ryan1000 12:51, August 6, 2018 (UTC)
 * This doesn't have much time. This will pass near Socorro Island and thereafter enter much colder water to its northwest. With that said, John is making the most of it and 60 knots/day RI would not surprise me, which would put Category 4 in play. YE Pacific Hurricane  15:52, August 6, 2018 (UTC)

NHC's latest forecast discussion says that this has an 80% chance of going up 40 knots in intensity over the next 24 hours, and that could be conservative. Small and compact EPac storms like John have a tendency to overshoot the NHC forecasts for them, we saw how Aletta didn't have much time and dry air in front of it and she became a cat 4, John could too or even become a cat 5. He also could absorb Ileana, as stated in her forecast discussion. Ryan1000 16:31, August 6, 2018 (UTC)

Almost a hurricane now: 70 mph, 993 mbars. John will definitely be a hurricane in the next advisory. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 17:30, August 6, 2018 (UTC)

Hurricane John
Now it is one. 75 mph, 990 mbars. Leeboy100 Hello!! 20:59, August 6, 2018 (UTC)
 * Rapid intensification is on the way, John could be a major hurricane as early as tomorrow morning. Ryan1000 21:31, August 6, 2018 (UTC)
 * 90 mph/977 mb. Thus begins the RI, only question now is exactly how strong he'll get. This incarnation of John may have the potential to outperform John of '94 in thems of intensity, but we'll have to see about that.  Send Help Please (talk) 09:26, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * Actually I think a minimal 3 from John because of how fat he is. What he gives to this world (eating up Kristy and Ileana and being a womanise) he will get back. Just wait for Miriam and Lane. yare yare daze (talk) 14:57, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * bruh he became a 2 --yare yare daze (talk) 15:05, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * John might be able to brush C4 actually, the cloud tops around the eye are rather cold. ~ KN2731 {talk} 15:22, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * bruh he looking like he gonna eat kirsty --yare yare daze (talk) 15:29, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * John is nowhere near Kristy for John to absorb Kristy. Unless you meant Ileana, which is what John is doing lol. I'm expecting John to be a C3 at peak.  ~ Roy25     Talk  |  Contributions   17:33, August 7, 2018 (UTC)

I just hope John doesn't completely miss major status a la Fabio. Send Help Please (talk) 21:23, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * Honestly I wouldn't particularly mind if John peaked where it is now, or at 95 kts. This would only be the second non-major Hurricane John on record after the 1978 storm, and would therefore add a little variety. Then again, barring post-analysis of Fabio, we've already had a C2-peaking storm this season, whereas we've yet to had one peak as a C3 (Aletta, Bud, and Hector all went on to peak as C4s, with the latter possibly even becoming a C5)... so a C3 John would add just as much variety to this year's PHS as a C2 John would to that name's intensity history. Basically I'll be equally satisfied with either this being John's peak, or John peaking as a C3. --Dylan (HurricaneMaker99) 22:51, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * There is still about a day or so for John to acquire major status. If it didn't I would be disappointed. I think of "John" as a strong-sounding name. Please don't pull a Fabio!! ~  Steve 🌞   Talk Page  My Edits  📧  23:46, August 7, 2018 (UTC)

No changes as of latest advisory, John should've laid off the meatballs, 2fat4major. Send Help Please (talk) 03:20, August 8, 2018 (UTC)


 * I think you meant he should’ve laid off the cannibalism. He is looking pretty fat, as you were saying. :P Leeboy100 Hello!! 04:26, August 8, 2018 (UTC)
 * Well, John was pretty fat before eating Ileana, I guess his gluttonous tendencies morphed into cannibalism when he decided that warm water and moist air weren't enough to sustain him. Regardless, he's down to 100 mph/972 mb, and his descent has begun. Perhaps him not reaching major status is karma for the aforementioned cannibalism... Send Help Please  (talk) 10:37, August 8, 2018 (UTC)


 * Looks like John ran into unfavorable conditions faster than expected. The eye is now indistinct, and ATCF has brought John down to a C1. ~ KN2731 {talk} 13:50, August 8, 2018 (UTC)


 * that's what you get for eating up innocent ppl (remember iris and hamberto? eating karen for dinner?) he is paying the price: not becoming a major hurricane, also wasting ileana and kristy's opportunities to be strong storms. likely the next storm after kristy will be intense after the cold wake has gone --yare yare daze (talk) 17:12, August 8, 2018 (UTC)

AOI: South of Mexico II
A new AOI overlaps with the AOI above in the 5-day TWO. Currently 10/30. The EPac has awakened. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 04:20, August 2, 2018 (UTC)


 * Assuming I'm not getting this and the above storm confused, this AOI is now up to 10/80 and is expected to become a depression early next week, but the AOI in front of it is only at 10/30, not as likely to develop. I say that this'll be Ileana. Ryan1000 12:49, August 2, 2018 (UTC)


 * This may be the 10/30 one, I believe. The 10/80 one is the AOI above this one. This may steal Ileana if conditions become favorable, but for now, the AOI above would be the one that has the highest possibility of becoming Ileana. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 13:55, August 2, 2018 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, I mixed them up. This is the AOI directly behind Hector, but this probably won't develop anyways. Ryan1000 15:04, August 2, 2018 (UTC)

This disturbance is pretty much just Ileana food. Send Help Please (talk) 21:47, August 2, 2018 (UTC)


 * 20/40 now. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 03:14, August 3, 2018 (UTC)


 * 30/50. This may be John after all (or Ileana, if the unexpected happens). Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 11:34, August 3, 2018 (UTC)


 * 60/90. This might actually be Ileana first if it spins up fast enough. ~ KN2731 {talk} 03:28, August 4, 2018 (UTC)

94E.INVEST
And this has been invested first, actually. Up as 94E on TropicalTidbits. ~ KN2731 {talk} 03:31, August 4, 2018 (UTC)
 * Up to 70/90. Ileana and John could come at the same time due to this and the above system. ~ <font face="Impact"> Steve 🌞   Talk Page  My Edits  📧  06:44, August 4, 2018 (UTC)
 * I think this is the 60/90 one. Regardless, it is most likely that we will see Ileana and John before the succeeding week starts. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 09:10, August 4, 2018 (UTC)

Never mind. This is now 70/90 as the invest above is 80/90. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 13:02, August 4, 2018 (UTC)


 * The chances of this invest forming have actually gone down a bit, to 60%/80%. I guess this one will be Kristy, since 12-E could become John before this forms, unless it gets its act together quickly. Sincerely, IbAHAn1829, and stay safe! \(:-D)Chat/Ta ta! 01:50, August 6, 2018 (UTC)

If this does become Kristy I doubt it'll be strong, since it will be following in Hector's cold, upwelled wake. Ryan1000 04:48, August 6, 2018 (UTC)


 * Agreed that it probably won't be too powerful, but if it becomes named soon, we could see 4 active named systems in the EPac and CPac! Insane especially after the dead July. Something must have made it more favorable?! ~ <font face="Impact"> Steve 🌞   Talk Page  My Edits  📧  05:14, August 6, 2018 (UTC)


 * I've heard that people are forecasting an El Niño to form this year, but i'm not sure if this is a cause. I'm guessing it was just the conditions improving like a decrease in wind shear. Sincerely, IbAHAn1829, and stay safe! \(:-D)Chat/Ta ta! 11:44, August 6, 2018 (UTC)


 * The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) is back in the EPac, and most forecasting agencies expected an El Nino this year to begin with, with higher activity expected in the EPac but less in the Atlantic. Yeah, we may have had two hurricanes in July in the Atlantic but the basin hasn't had much since and isn't expected to anytime soon; the AOI near the Azores right now isn't expected to develop, let alone affect land. Ryan1000 12:51, August 6, 2018 (UTC)
 * Wind shear has declined quite a bit in the basin. This should become Kristy as it tracks west even if it's taking its sweet time now. YE <font color="#66666">Pacific <font color="#66666">Hurricane  15:50, August 6, 2018 (UTC)

Still 60/80, but this thing still has a high chance to become Kristy in the next couple of days (or so). Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 17:30, August 6, 2018 (UTC)

Tropical Depression Thirteen-E
"Satellite data indicate that thunderstorm activity associated with a well-defined low pressure system located about 1000 miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula has continued to become better organized during the past several hours, and a special advisory package will be issued on Tropical Depression 13-E by 1000 PM PDT." -- <font face="Courier New">Isaac829 <font face="Courier New">E-Mail  04:16, August 7, 2018 (UTC)


 * The track forecast is now out, 13E (Kristy) might have an outside chance to be a hurricane but currently expected to be 65 mph, and interaction with a weakening John late in the forecast period could turn Kristy-to-be northward, eventually over cooler waters and dissipating. Ryan1000 05:50, August 7, 2018 (UTC)

Tropical Storm Kristy
Here she is, already outpreforming initial forecasts. 50 mph/1000 mb right now, expected to be a minimal hurricane in 48 hours before interaction with John. Send Help Please (talk) 09:21, August 7, 2018 (UTC) Kristy you little minx. Anyway I predict a C2 peak. yare yare daze (talk) 14:57, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * At least i'm glad the EPAC is finally pulling its acts together after sleeping in July, which, if I can recall, is generally one of the most active months for the EPAC. Kristy should also be a hurricane in the coming days.  ~ Roy25     Talk  |  Contributions   17:35, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * The MJO moved into the basin, which should explain the high activity we are seeing. Kristy still forecast to become a hurricane, but it will only peak as a weak C1 if it does so (unless we see a sudden unexpected RI stunt). ~ <font face="Impact"> Steve 🌞   Talk Page  My Edits  📧  23:50, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * looks like kristy won't become a hurricane :/ thanks to the cold wake... yare yare daze (talk) 17:10, August 8, 2018 (UTC)
 * likely (and hopefully) lane will be better. --yare yare daze (talk) 17:43, August 8, 2018 (UTC)

AOI: West of Costa Rica
New kid at 10/20, development may be inhibited by future Ileana/John though (the AOI just to the northwest of this thing). --Dylan (HurricaneMaker99) 12:52, August 3, 2018 (UTC)
 * Up to 20/30, but I'm not as excited about this system. The other two systems look more likely to become named. ~ <font face="Impact"> Steve 🌞   Talk Page  My Edits  📧  06:45, August 4, 2018 (UTC)

96E.INVEST
Invested according to Tropical Tidbits. It's currently at 30/40. EPac is coming back to life. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 13:03, August 4, 2018 (UTC)
 * Already at 90/90. This one will also form. ChowKam2002 (talk) 18:24, August 4, 2018 (UTC)
 * The steroids are kicking in now after the E Pac overdosed at the end of June. Send Help Please  (talk) 18:49, August 4, 2018 (UTC)

Woah! I did not expect this to jump up so fast. This might beat the two storms ahead of it to become Ileana, and if all 3 systems form, we'll be at Kristy by tomorrow or sometime early next week. The EPac is really kicking up right now. I guess that El Nino that was forecast is truly up in effect for the basin. Ryan1000 18:51, August 4, 2018 (UTC)

Tropical Depression Eleven-E
Plot twist. This may become Ileana. Still poorly organized as of the moment though. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 04:13, August 5, 2018 (UTC)


 * Up to 30 knots. This may actually win the race and become Ileana. ~ KN2731 {talk} 09:11, August 5, 2018 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately if it does, it may not become that strong of a fishspinner. Currently forecast to peak at only 50 mph. Ryan1000 13:44, August 5, 2018 (UTC)

Tropical Storm Ileana
And it looks like Ileana has arrived. currently 40 kts/1003 mb, and expected to stay at TS strength. T G  2 0 1 8 20:42, August 5, 2018 (UTC)


 * Ileana has now strengthened to 50 mph and 1001 mbars. Sincerely, IbAHAn1829, and stay safe! \(:-D)Chat/Ta ta! 01:46, August 6, 2018 (UTC)
 * This and Twelve-E look like one big amorphous blob on satellite.  Send Help Please (talk) 02:10, August 6, 2018 (UTC)
 * They're both in surprisingly close proximity, and John could eat up the remnants of Ileana in the long run. For now Ileana is expected to bring impacts to Mexico, and a tropical storm warning has been issued. John shall become the dominant one and prevent Ileana from becoming more than a strong TS. For now, I doubt this will become a hurricane. ~ <font face="Impact"> Steve 🌞   Talk Page  My Edits  📧  05:17, August 6, 2018 (UTC)

2AM (1AM CDT) advisory: 999 mbars, 60 mph. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 06:24, August 6, 2018 (UTC)


 * Now 65 mph / 998 mbars. It is now forecast to become a hurricane by the NHC. Sincerely, IbAHAn1829, and stay safe! \(:-D)Chat/Ta ta! 11:47, August 6, 2018 (UTC)

Woah, Ileana is making me (and the NHC) eat our words. It might very well be a hurricane at this rate, but the track now brings her closer to Mexico's coastline. There's a high pressure system over Mexico right now, but the rotation of, and interaction with, her brother John might try to force her closer to the coastline. There could be some impacts with this if that happens. Ryan1000 12:41, August 6, 2018 (UTC)
 * Should rotate counterclockwise as it interacts with John. Could become a hurricane in the meantime but GFS/ECMWF don't have a good handle on this so confidence is low. YE <font color="#66666">Pacific <font color="#66666">Hurricane  15:55, August 6, 2018 (UTC)

The NHC no longer expects this to become a hurricane as of latest advisory. It's only a matter of time before Ileana becomes John food (which is the exact opposite of what I said several days ago lol). Send Help Please (talk) 21:18, August 6, 2018 (UTC)
 * Yeah, NHC says that Ileana already looks like an outer rainband of John by now, so John's probably going to eat up his little sister sometime tomorrow. Ryan1000 21:31, August 6, 2018 (UTC)
 * "John's probably going to eat up his little sister" sounds so morbid when you take it out of context. Also, which storm is truly the little sibling? Ileana may be smaller in size, but she did form first... although one could lawyer about the precursor to John becoming identified before the precursor to Ileana. --Dylan (HurricaneMaker99) 00:26, August 7, 2018 (UTC)

"Hurricane cannibalism" has happened before, the TD that became Hurricane Alex in 2010 swallowed category 3 hurricane Darby in the EPac at that time, since Darby was so small compared to the much larger Atlantic depression, and Ileana is pretty small compared to John. Ryan1000 01:10, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * Down to 50 mph, pressure increased to 1001 mb. Ileana will be gone soon. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 06:26, August 7, 2018 (UTC)


 * TropicalTidbits says gone. Waiting for NHC to confirm. ~ KN2731 {talk} 14:32, August 7, 2018 (UTC)


 * Good grief, Ileana got Bravo'd by Johnny! We can't sing "Come On Ileana" anymore... Seems to be the boys eating the girls all the time, as you mentioned with Alex x Darby and Ileana x John x Kristy... yare yare daze (talk) 14:57, August 7, 2018 (UTC)

Remnants of Ileana
And John and Ileana became one.-- <font face="Courier New">Isaac829 <font face="Courier New">E-Mail  15:04, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * shows how much of a greedy guts johnny bravo really is smh --yare yare daze (talk) 15:06, August 7, 2018 (UTC)

In response to your above comment, Darby is a male name, not a female name...lol. So Alex '10 ate another guy. Ryan1000 15:15, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * ok if you say so lol --yare yare daze (talk) 15:19, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * I rarely ever see this sort of thing happening. Ileana just literally became John's lunch. ~ <font face="Impact"> Steve 🌞   Talk Page  My Edits  📧  16:02, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * For me this Ileana-John event reminds me of Zeb and Alex '98 in the WPac. Speaking of Alex – in this case, the Atlantic one – you are all correct: he absorbed EPac's Darby 12 years later. To be fair, Darby has became a unisex name through the years, but in the lists it is used as a male name, which makes Ryan technically correct. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 16:18, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * ok lol if you say so. yare yare daze (talk) 16:32, August 7, 2018 (UTC)


 * Ileana has now just become food for hungry Hurricane John. However, to be fair, I’d much rather have John resort to cannibalism than to feed on humans. Leeboy100 Hello!! 16:39, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * Ileana didn't last long until John ate her up, some hurricane cannibalism lol.  ~ Roy25     Talk  |  Contributions   17:36, August 7, 2018 (UTC)


 * Welp, see you in 2024, Ileana. I just want to say that I don’t consider Ileana a fail, because she went through a decent stint of intensification, plus who knows what she could have done had her brother not resorted to cannibalism? :P Leeboy100 Hello!! 20:05, August 7, 2018 (UTC)

The first of John's interactions ends in cannibalism. Wonder what he'll do to Kristy. Send Help Please (talk) 23:12, August 7, 2018 (UTC)
 * They are a bit far apart. I do not expect them to interact much. Cannibal John literally murdered the poor Ileana, holy sh!t. If John wasn't here, Ileana would have had potential to get much stronger than it did, and possibly become a devastating Mexican storm. ~ <font face="Impact"> Steve 🌞   Talk Page  My Edits  📧  23:55, August 7, 2018 (UTC)


 * If he murders Kristy the same way, should John be charged with homicide? Hurricane homicide? Hurricide? Leeboy100 Hello!! 04:22, August 8, 2018 (UTC)


 * Should John be sent to hurricane hell with Harvey Irma Maria etc. for this? ~ KN2731 {talk} 13:52, August 8, 2018 (UTC)
 * definitely. he is the equivalent to iris/hamberto 1995 when they ate up karen yare yare daze (talk) 17:09, August 8, 2018 (UTC)

Retirements at a Glance
Seven storms have formed and we might as well add this section now. Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 17:16, July 31, 2018 (UTC)

A2.0's EastPac retirement expectations

 * Aletta - 4% - A fishspinner but showed us how to start a season. 4% because it peaked as a C4.
 * Bud - 4% - Also 4% because of its Category 4 status. Great follow-up to Aletta, but juat like Bud's predecessor, it caused no effects to land, so that won't merit any realistic chance of retirement for Bud too.
 * Carlotta - 5% - Affected Mexico and caused some problems, but no fatalities were recorded so I think Carlotta will be back in 2024.
 * Daniel - 0% - Danfail it is, as Send Help Please called it. Broke the streak of strong hurricanes that bore the same name. Yikes.
 * Emilia - 0% - Another forgettable storm.
 * Fabio - 2% - For peaking as a Category 2. Forecast to become a major, yet Fabio bottled it a la Hilary 2017.
 * Gilma - 0% - Just like what Send Help Please also said, Failma. The Failicia of this season along with Danfail, so far.
 * Hector - TBD - Currrently a threat to Hawaii, but forecasts show it will remain south of it.
 * Ileana - TBD - May cause some impacts in Mexico, we'll wait and see.
 * John - TBD - Same with Ileana.

That's it.

Originally posted by Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 17:16, July 31, 2018 (UTC). Last revised by Anonymous 2.0 (talk) 17:25, August 6, 2018 (UTC).

joestar's OAP home preddies
yare yare daze (talk) 17:39, August 8, 2018 (UTC)
 * Aletta (0%): "haha look at me i believe i can fly i believe i can touch the sky no motherf-cker can match me ahahahaha"
 * Bud (0%): "haha i'm gonna beat you! all years before 2006 sucked! now i'm finally a cat 4! i made landfall unlike that dutch twit aletta who is a coward!"
 * Carlotta (0%): "mummy i wanna go to mexico like patwicia"
 * Daniel (0%): "zzzzzz... damn... zzzzzzz"
 * Emilia (0%): "all 1994 cat 5s for sh-t tropical storms in 2018"
 * Fabio (0%): "i am trying to eat more to be a category 5 but i'm not gaining any weight"
 * Gilma (0%): "SMOKE SHEAR EVERYDAY!" EVERYDAY!" rip in kill 3sexy5felicia 2018-2018 never 5get
 * Hector (heh%): hell yeah he kickin a$$ ;)
 * Ileana (dinner%): was made in the kitchen for a hungry boi
 * John (hungry%): he bravo'd on ileana
 * Kristy (0%): john literally is controlling her and taking her to the middle of nowhere

Dylan's predictions

 * Aletta: 0% - A beautiful, intense, harmless kick-off to the season.
 * Bud: 1% - Another gorgeous storm to observe over open water, with fortunately minimal effects on land.
 * Carlotta: 2% - Was more of a nuisance for Mexico than expected.
 * Daniel: no
 * Emilia: 0% - Not an epic fail, not much of a winner either. It sort of just existed.
 * Fabio: 0% - 🎶leeeet doooown aaaaand haaaaanging aroooouuund🎵
 * Gilma: 0% - Worse flop than Daniel in terms of intensity but at least it was resilient in its post-TS depression stage.
 * Hector: ??% - Still active and is turning out to be a bloody cool storm to track. Hopefully effects on Hawaii turn out to be minimal.
 * Ileana: <1% 3% - John murdered her and consumed her remains <death metal plays in background> before she could do much to Mexico.
 * Bumping up a tad &mdash; Ileana is the first storm of the season to cause fatalities, with a death toll of 4 thus far. Fingers crossed it doesn't rise any higher.

--Dylan (HurricaneMaker99) 23:20, July 31, 2018 (UTC)
 * John: ??% - Still active and forecast to remain away from Mexico, knock on wood...
 * Kristy: 0% - Still active but will likely turn out to be a fishspinner.

Roy's Retirement Prediction
Intensity colors: <font color="#5ebaff">TD, <font color="#00faf4">TS , <font color="#ffffcc">C1 , <font color="#ffe775">C2 , <font color="#ffc140">C3 , C4 , <font color="#ff6060">C5 

Retirement percentages colors: 0%, 0.001-9% , 10-19% , 20-29% , 30-39% , <font color="#cf0">40-49% , 50% , <font color="#fe0">51-59% , <font color="#fc0">60-69% , 70-79% , <font color="#f70">80-89% , 90-99% , <font color="#500">100% , ???


 * <font color="#ff8f20">Aletta ( 0% ) - A nice harmless fishspinner. Obviously this won't be going.
 * <font color="#ff8f20">Bud ( 0.001% ) - While it did affected land at the end of its life, this was also pretty much a fishspinner
 * <font color="#00faf4">Carlotta ( 1% ) - While weak, it has came close to Mexico, but no deaths and damage were reported.
 * <font color="#00faf4">Daniel ( 0% ) - A weak failicia that untimately was a name stealer. Unimpressed
 * <font color="#00faf4">Emilia ( 0% ) - A rather weak, but a nice fishspinner
 * <font color="#ffe775">Fabio ( 0% ) - Nice fishspinning hurricane that broke the TS streak, but failed to reach major hurricane status. Sigh
 * <font color="#00faf4">Gilma ( 0% ) - Same as Daniel, except weaker, and only lasted 6 hours as a TS. Name-stealer.
 * <font color="#ff8f20">Hector (???) - Currently active
 *  Ileana ( 0% ) - Didn't last long before being absorbed by John
 * <font color="#ffe775">John (???) - Currently active
 * <font color="#00faf4">Kristy (???) - Currently active

NOTE:
 * 1) Should I give a tropical cyclone name a retirement chance of 50% and above, then that tropical cyclone name will be all caps.
 * 2) The triple question marks on my retirement percentage scale is only used as placeholders on an active storm.
 * 3) Storms that exits a basin and enters another basin would not have their own retirement predictions in that basin it entered, instead will have it in the basin of origin.

~ Roy25    Talk  |  Contributions   02:36, August 1, 2018 (UTC)

Steve's predictions and grades
See "notes" (at the very bottom) for explanations of some stuff.

Intensity colors: <font color="#5ebaff">TD, <font color="#00faf4">TS , <font color="#ffffcc">C1 , <font color="#ffe775">C2 , <font color="#ffc140">C3 , <font color="#ff8f20">C4 , <font color="#ff6060">C5 , <font color="#905">200+ mph

Retirement percentage colors: 0% or N/A, <font color="#77A">0.001-0.4% , <font color="#44C">0.5-0.9% , 1-4% , <font color="#05F">5%-9% , <font color="#0AF">10-14% , <font color="#0FF">15-19% , <font color="#0F8">20-24% , <font color="#0F0">25-29% , <font color="#3F0">30-34% , <font color="#6F0">35-39% , <font color="#9F0">40-44% , <font color="#CF0">45-49% , 50% , <font color="#FC0">51-54% , <font color="#F90">55-59% , <font color="#F60">60-64% , <font color="#F30">65-69% , <font color="#F00">70-74% , <font color="#D01">75-79% , <font color="#B02">80-84% , <font color="#903">85-89% , <font color="#604">90-94% , <font color="#505">95-98% , <font color="#303">99-99.999% , <font color="#000">100% or TBA

Grading colors: <font color="#033">EO+, <font color="#055">EO , <font color="#077">A++ , <font color="#096">A+ , <font color="#0C3">A , <font color="#0F0">A- , <font color="#3F0">B+ , <font color="#6F0">B , <font color="#9F0">B- , <font color="#CF0">C+ , <font color="#FF0">C , <font color="#FC0">C- , <font color="#F90">D+ , <font color="#F60">D , <font color="#F30">D- , <font color="#F00">E , <font color="#C00">F , <font color="#900">F- , <font color="#600">Z , <font color="#300">Z- , <font color="#000">TBA


 * <font color="#5ebaff">One-E :
 * Retirement: N/A - No name, no retirement.
 * Grading: <font color="#C00">F - Gets credit for its formation before the start of the season. Still a fail, nonetheless.


 * <font color="#ff8f20">Aletta :
 * Retirement: 0% - Complete fishspinner.
 * Grading: <font color="#0C3">A - A nice early season powerful hurricane. As a bonus, no one was affected at all.


 * <font color="#ff8f20">Bud :
 * Retirement: 1% - Struck Baja, but without doing much harm. Caused a moisture plume to reach the southwestern U.S., and that wasn't harmful either. Impacts are too light for retirement.
 * Grading: <font color="#0F0">A- - Another nicely strong hurricane that reached the bare minimum for C4. Impacts are not enough to affect the grade.


 * <font color="#00faf4">Carlotta :
 * Retirement: 2% - Caused torrential rainfall in the area of Mexico that it affected. Impacts are not enough to even think about retirement, though.
 * Grading: <font color="#F60">D - Strong tropical storm that affected land. At least it was not a total failure like the below storm was.


 * <font color="#00faf4">Daniel :
 * Retirement: 0% - Out to sea, no one was affected.
 * Grading: <font color="#600">Z - Laughable failure that only lasted 2 days and peaked at no more than 45 mph/1003 mbar. Danfail will be remembered as a complete nothingburger. 😂


 * <font color="#00faf4">Emilia :
 * Retirement: 0% - Another fishspinner.
 * Grading: <font color="#F00">E - That very active June was a bit more about quantity than quality. Reached 60 mph, but I don't care for this boring storm.


 * <font color="#ffe775">Fabio :
 * Retirement: 0% - Yet another out-to-sea system.
 * Grading: <font color="#FC0">C- - A strong C2 usually doesn't get this low of a grade. But the story is that Fabio's grade really suffered because it was expected to become a major hurricane, but flunked the mark by just 5 mph! In fact, it had potential to RI to reach C4 or possibly even C5. A major disappointment you were, Fabio.


 * <font color="#00faf4">Gilma :
 * Retirement: 0% - Also out to sea.
 * Grading: <font color="#600">Z - Even worse than Danfail, and was a TS for only 6 measly hours. Gilfail was one of the worst, and most laughable, name-stealers ever! It did last a few days in total, which is the only thing that prevents it from being Z-.


 * <font color="#5ebaff">Nine-E


 * Retirement: N/A - Cannot be retired.
 * Grading: <font color="#600">Z - It had potential to last even longer than it did. At least it didn't steal a name. Still a pathetic failure though.


 * <font color="#ff8f20">Hector :
 * Retirement: <font color="#000">TBA - Currently active. Retirement chance will be released once it dissipates.
 * Grading: <font color="#000">TBA - Currently active. Grade will be released once it dissipates.


 * <font color="#00faf4">Ileana :
 * Retirement: <font color="#77A">0.01% - Any impacts to Mexico were very limited before it got eaten by John.
 * Grading: <font color="#F00">E - Did its best in the face of John. However, they did forecast a hurricane once.


 * <font color="#ffe775">John :
 * Retirement: <font color="#000">TBA - Currently active. Retirement chance will be released once it dissipates.
 * Grading: <font color="#000">TBA - Currently active. Grade will be released once it dissipates.


 * <font color="#00faf4">Kristy :
 * Retirement: <font color="#000">TBA - Currently active. Retirement chance will be released once it dissipates.
 * Grading: <font color="#000">TBA - Currently active. Grade will be released once it dissipates.

Notes: Intensity colors -
 * Based off of the SSHWS, except for the 200+ mph color.
 * I still use "TD" due to the inclusion of grading (they cannot be retired). So it would be wrong for TD to be considered redundant in this case because TDs are still included for grading only.
 * I wanted to give special recognition for cyclones reaching insane intensities by introducing a new color for those that reach the "200 Club." Of course, very few storms will ever receive this color.

Retirement percentage colors -
 * "N/A", which is gray like 0%, is most often used for tropical depressions, which are usually not named and thus cannot have a name retired. Other unnamed storms receive "N/A" as well.
 * "TBA", which is black like 100%, is used for currently active storms or recently dissipated storms without a definite percentage of retirement yet. "TBA" is also used for grading when a system is currently active.
 * 0% and 100% are estimated percentages, in which they don't necessarily mean that it is absolutely certain that a storm name will or won't be retired. Unless it is the PAGASA basin (which has retirement requirements), there will always still be an infinitesimally small chance of retirement (for 0%) or non-retirement (for 100%).
 * New for 2018: My scale comes in ranges now instead of individual percentages. This allows me to use any percentage now instead of having to restrict myself to individual percentages. Any percentage within a range (like from 1-4%) uses the same color (in this example, blue). The range also includes decimals and goes slightly beyond what is shown as the "highest" number in my scale. The actual highest limit to the range earlier described is 4.99999...% (I don't round up to the next range). Those upper limit decimals are not included in my scale in order to preserve space.
 * Different fonts indicate how likely a storm is to be retired. The whole entry of the storm is bolded, italicized, underlined, or capitalized depending on my retirement prediction. For low or nil-chance storms (0% to 24%), only the colored components (storm's name, percentage, and grade) are bolded and the rest of the entry is plain-text. For 25% to 49%, the whole entry is bolded. For 50% to 74%, the whole entry is both bolded and italicized. For 75% to 99.999%, the whole entry is bolded, italicized, and underlined. 100% entries are bolded, italicized, underlined, and capitalized.

Grading colors -
 * EO = "Extraordinarily Outstanding". This is beyond "A", when a TC is so good that it deserves special recognition. Add a "+" to emphasize the best and most outstanding TCs that have ever occurred in history (such as Patricia '15 or John '94). I try to avoid giving this rating to catastrophic storms due to the fact that catastrophe knocks down a storm's reputation, and it would seem insensitive to give such storms a high rating. An EO+ storm has requirements that are stricter than EO: it has to be a fishspinner (or, if affecting land, not cause very significant damage or deaths, which means no Haiyan, Wilma, Irma, etc.) and it has to be very near records (I'd say top 3), tie, or break records relating to powerful intensity, longevity, or how unusual it is. If the achievement is one of the latter two, an EO+ storm has to peak as a major (C3+ on the SSHWS). An exception to the major rule could occur if a storm is INSANELY long-lived or unusual. For example: a tropical system that literally forms in the Arctic Ocean/right on the equator/Antarctic/far inland/other extremely strange spots, or a storm that lasts months would almost always be deserving of "EO+".
 * Z = If the grading scale were to go down the same pattern as A to F, it would go to G, H, etc. and would eventually have to stop at "Z". All the in between letters from G to Y are skipped because it would be way too much, redundant and unnecessary. "Z" is the letter assigned to the worst of the worst, and such storms would be considered epic failures and unmemorable because of a lack of land effects. If I gave a highly impacting storm a Z, it might seem insensitive because the storm actually did something. Add a "-" to the grade to emphasize the worst epic failures that ever occurred in history. Specific requirements for the Z- storm are as follows: Fishspinner (or barely affecting land) due to lack of memorability, peaks at no more than 40 mph, lasts no longer than one day, or is downgraded from a TS to a TD or worse in post-analysis while still named. Although weak named TSs receive Z- on occasion, even fishspinning TDs don't receive the Z- grade that often because, in my opinion, stealing a precious name is a worse offense than remaining unnamed. If a system is named, more should be expected out of it.
 * Except for the extreme grades and "E", this scale is obviously based off of the educational grading system.

~ <font face="Impact"> Steve 🌞   Talk Page  My Edits  📧  04:06, August 1, 2018 (UTC) (last updated 00:02, August 8, 2018 (UTC))

Ryan1000's retirement predictions
Here's my thoughts on retirements so far: That'll suffice. Ryan1000 04:44, August 1, 2018 (UTC)
 * Aletta - 0% - A great way to start the season, and her strongest incarnation to date as well.
 * Bud - 1% - Like Aletta, this is the strongest incarnation of Bud to date, but his Baja landfall brought minimal effects at most.
 * Carlotta - 2% - This was to Bud as Carlos was to Blanca in 2015, a slightly worse storm but still probably won't be retired.
 * Daniel - 0% - It's a shame that Daniel, one of our traditional EPac major fishspinners, flopped this time around...try again in 2024.
 * Emilia - 0% - Fared slightly better than Daniel but was still unimpressive overall.
 * Fabio - 0% - Reminds me of Hilary last year. He failed to meet expectations, but his large size held him back.
 * Gilma - 0% - Lasted slightly longer than Daniel but failed worse than he did by intensity.
 * Hector - ?? - Still active, but expected to pass south of Hawaii down the road, hopefully with no serious impacts.
 * Ileana - 4% - Despite being eaten by John, Ileana unfortunately still killed 4 people in Mexico, with some minor damage.
 * John - ?? - Still active, but currently forecast to remain well clear of Mexico. Hopefully that's the case.
 * Kristy - 0% - Still active, but likely to remain well out at sea.

KN2731's storm grades & retirements
I'll jump on the bandwagon and add mine too.

Grades:  A, B , C , D , E , F . These grades go by meteorological statistics alone, and do not reflect my opinion of any deaths or destruction that occurs; for that refer to the appended descriptions and retirement chances.

Retirements: <font color="#808080">0%, <font color="#FF007F">5% , <font color="#FF00FF">10% , <font color="#7F00FF">15% , <font color="#0000FF">20% , <font color="#0080FF">25% , <font color="#00FFFF">30% , <font color="#00FF80">35% , <font color="#00FF00">40% , <font color="#80FF00">50% , <font color="#FFFF00">60% , <font color="#FF8000">70% , <font color="#FF0000">80% , <font color="#990000">90% , <font color="#330000">100% .


 * One-E – grade  D . Couldn't do much in the face of shear, but gave us an early start.
 * Aletta – grade  A , retirement <font color="#808080">0% . Amazing powerful June fishspinner. Well done for our first ever major hurricane Aletta.
 * Bud – grade  B , retirement <font color="#FF007F">5% . Touched C4 but rapidly weakened immediately after. Thankful for that however as it made landfall on Baja California not long after, and didn't cause much damage.
 * Carlotta – grade  B , retirement <font color="#FF007F">5% . Intensified surprisingly quickly close to land despite being forecast to fizzle. Not much damage reported, so that's all good.
 * Daniel – grade  F , retirement <font color="#808080">0% . Historically Daniel was the name of a long line of fishspinning majors. Completely flopped this year with its weakest ever incarnation. Boo.
 * Emilia – grade  E , retirement <font color="#808080">0% . Chose the wrong time and place to form and got burdened by shear.
 * Fabio – grade  C , retirement <font color="#808080">0% . Great fishspinner, but lost points for peaking just under major hurricane status. :(
 * Gilma – grade  F , retirement <font color="#808080">0% . Utterly pathetic name thief. Probably doesn't even deserve a grade.
 * Nine-E – grade  E . See Emilia.
 * Hector –  currently active  as a C3.
 * Ileana – grade  B , retirement <font color="#FF007F">5% . Surprised us all by spinning up so quickly and beating out the more hopeful AOIs (John and Kristy). Could have become a hurricane (albeit a dangerous one, given her proximity to Mexico) if not for John's cannibal tendencies.
 * John –  currently active  but weakening.
 * Kristy –  currently active  as a TS.

~ KN2731 {talk}. Last updated: 13:57, August 8, 2018 (UTC)

Harvey's retirement predictions
Intensity colors: <font color="#5ebaff">TD, <font color="#00faf4">TS , <font color="#ffffcc">C1 , <font color="#ffe775">C2 , <font color="#ffc140">C3 , <font color="#ff8f20">C4 , <font color="#ff6060">C5 , <font color="#8b0000">C5 (185+ mph)

Retirement percentage colors: <font color="#666">0% or <font color="#666">N/A, <font color="#AFFFFF">0.001-0.9% , <font color="#00FFFF">1-9% , <font color="#00D5D5">10-19% , <font color="#00A0A0">20-29% , <font color="#00A000">30-39% , <font color="#FFC800">40-49% , <font color="#FF8800">50-59% , <font color="#E80000">60-69% , <font color="#B40000">70-79% , <font color="#800000">80-89% , <font color="#000000">90-99% , <font color="#000080">100% 

Grading colors:  S, A+++ , A++ , <font color="#00F">A+ , <font color="#0CC">A , <font color="#0C3">A- , <font color="#0F0">B+ , <font color="#3F0">B , <font color="#6F0">B- , <font color="#9F0">C+ , <font color="#CF0">C , <font color="#FF0">C- , <font color="#FC0">D+ , <font color="#F60">D , <font color="#F30">D- , <font color="#F00">E , <font color="#C00">F , <font color="#900">F- , <font color="#600">Z , <font color="#300">Z- , <font color="#0000FF">TBA 


 * <font color="#5ebaff">One-E :
 * Retirement: <font color="#666">N/A
 * Grading: <font color="#900">F - Mostly a fail, but it did form in the early season.
 * <font color="#ff8f20">Aletta :
 * Retirement: <font color="#666">0% - This storm did not affect land.
 * Grading: <font color="#0C3">A - This storm gets a high grade due to the rapid deepening and the great satellite imagery at peak intensity. This is the strongest incarnation of this storm to date.
 * <font color="#ff8f20">Bud :
 * Retirement: <font color="#AFFFFF">0.7% - It did struck Baja late in its life as a weak TS, however impacts are too minimal for retirement.
 * Grading: <font color="#0C3">A- - Like the above storm, it was a powerful early storm that was the strongest of its incarnation, however this one was slightly weaker.
 * <font color="#00faf4">Carlotta :
 * Retirement: <font color="00FFFF">1% - Caused torrential rainfall in Mexico. Impacts are minimal and do not affect the retirement.
 * Grading: <font color="#F60">D - This would become the first of many weak storms in the season. Impacts aren't memorable enough to affect the grade.
 * <font color="#00faf4">Daniel :
 * Retirement: <font color="#666">0% - Another fish storm.
 * Grading: <font color="#600">Z - Just about every other incarnation of this storm was a fishspinner that reached major hurricane status, but this one broke the chain and decided to fail miserably. Ugh...
 * <font color="#00faf4">Emilia :
 * Retirement: <font color="#666">0% - Another fishspinner.
 * Grading: <font color="#F00">E - Another weak fishspinner. Another fail, but it didn't fail too hard.
 * <font color="#ffe775">Fabio :
 * Retirement: <font color="#666">0% - Yet another fishspinner.
 * Grading: <font color="#FC0">C - Well, it could have been higher, but it's only because it failed even though it was expected to be a major. And it was 5 mph away from becoming one, and might have even had the chance to become a C4 or possibly even C5. I would have put it lower, but at least it did reach a high intensity.
 * <font color="#00faf4">Gilma :
 * Retirement: <font color="#666">0% - Another fish-spinning fishspinner.
 * Grading: <font color="#300">Z- - It barely lasted more than two days, and was only a TS for 6 hours. In other words, it didn't try at all.
 * <font color="#5ebaff">Nine-E


 * Retirement: <font color="#666">N/A
 * Grading: <font color="#900">F- - Another weak depression. At least it didn't steal a name like the above storm did.
 * <font color="#ffe775">Hector :
 * Retirement: <font color="#000">TBA - Currently active.
 * Grading: <font color="#000">TBA - Currently active.

Notes: Harveycane  (Talk |  Contributions)  07:52, August 3, 2018 (UTC)
 * Storm names in italics indicate currently active storms.

Lee’s retirement predictions
Leeboy100 Hello!! 07:18, August 4, 2018 (UTC)
 * Aletta- 0%: Nice harmless Category 4 to start the season. However, no impacts= no retirement.
 * Bud-1%: Another Category 4. Made landfall in Baja, but didn’t do much. It’s staying.
 * Carlotta-2%: Like Bud, it caused some impacts to land. Still, also like Bud, it’s staying.
 * Daniel-0%: Well, it existed. That’s about all I can say.
 * Emilia-0%: Ehhhh.
 * Fabio-0%: Was a nice system to look at for a few days.
 * Gilma-0%: Absolutely not.
 * Hector- Currently Active. Currently a major, supposed to head towards Hawaii. We’ll see.
 * Ileana-0%: Became lunch for Hurricane John. Didn’t do much. I don’t consider it a fail, because who knows what Ileana may have done had John not resorted to cannibalism.
 * John- Currently active
 * Kristy- Currently active

Post-Season Changes
Already we have our first TCR, its for One-E. Only change was that the pressure was raised to 1007, and One-E's duration was decreased by one day. -- Roy 25  23:11, July 17, 2018 (UTC)


 * Aletta is out. No changes happened to her though. Ryan1000 14:17, August 1, 2018 (UTC)
 * do you want to put speeds in km/h for us non-americans or not --🅱ust 🅱hut 🅱p 🅱lready 😂😂👌🏿👌🏿💯💯 (talk) 17:50, August 8, 2018 (UTC)