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Sarasota News Leader November 29, 2013 By now Dorian has carried his name across the central Atlantic, from July 23 all the way to sit close offshore of West Palm Beach on Aug. 2 to its expiration finally today. That makes it a two-week tropical system, maintaining its organization either as a tropical depression or storm. Page 63 QUICK FACTS • Hurricane season in the Atlantic begins June 1st and ends November 30th. The Eastern Pacific hurricane season begins May 15th and also ends November 30th. 15 Aug., 9 a.m.: Our second African "pipeliner" makes an appearance. TS Erin shows up south of the Cape Verde Islands with 40 mph winds and a central pressure of 29.71. It is expected to run the normal course across the central Atlantic and into the Antilles. • The 2013 hurricane season is on track to become the least active hurricane season in the satellite era since 1983. Meanwhile, there is an area of interest southeast of the Yucatan, with a 60 percent chance of growing into a tropical storm over the next five days. That one is predicted to turn north and then west into the northern Gulf Coast, so it bears watching, too. • The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration defines a tropical cyclone as "... a rotating, organized system of clouds and thunderstorms that originates over tropical or subtropical waters and has a closed low-level circulation. Tropical cyclones rotate counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere. 27 Aug., 6 p.m.: The Yucatan continues to be a hotbed this year, as Tropical Storm Fernand whipped into existence southeast of Veracruz, Mexico, on Aug. 25 and coming ashore on Aug. 26. The storm quickly weakened after winds topped out at 50 mph. • Hurricanes and typhoons are tropical cyclones 6 Sept., 6 p.m.: At this instant a real afternoon thunderstorm is about ready to pull its pin and explode all around us. This summer, for the first time since the late 1970s, we have experienced a few historic "It's 4:15 p.m., so it is going to start raining now" afternoon thunderstorms. This is the absolute peak of hurricane season. And while there are four "areas of interest" in Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration