2012 Red Ocean hurricane season

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2012 Red Ocean hurricane season

First storm formed	July 4
Last storm dissipated	November 16
Strongest storm	Joanna – 905 mbar (hPa) (26.74 inHg), 175 mph (280 km/h)
Total depressions	12
Total storms	10
Hurricanes	5
Major hurricanes	2
Total damages	~ $22 billion (2012 USD)
Total fatalities	679 direct, 24 indirect

The 2012 Red Ocean hurricane season was an average season that produced 10 named storms, 5 hurricanes, and 2 major hurricanes. The season officially began on June 1 and ended on November 30, the dates which conventionally delimit the period most tropical cyclone form in the Red Ocean.

                   

Seasonal summary

Season outlooks

Predictions of tropical activity in the 2012 season

Source	Date	Named storms	Hurricanes	Major hurricanes	Ref
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GCMC	May 1, 2012	14	6	3
	Actual activity	10	5	2

In advance of each hurricane season, forecasts of hurricane activity are issued by the Green City Meteorological Center (GCMC) in Green City.

On May 1, 2012, the GCMC issued a forecast calling for 14 named storms, 6 hurricanes, and 3 major hurricanes. 

Season activity

Timeline of tropical activity in the 2012 Red Ocean hurricane season

Storms

Tropical Storm Arthur

Tropical storm (GCMC)
File:Temporary cyclone north.png
Duration	July 4 – July 7
Intensity	50 mph (85 km/h) (1-min),  1006 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Bianca

Tropical storm (GCMC)
File:Temporary cyclone north.png
Duration	July 15 – July 18
Intensity	60 mph (95 km/h) (1-min),  1000 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Chris

Tropical storm (GCMC)
File:Temporary cyclone north.png
Duration	July 15 – July 16
Intensity	85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min),  999 hPa (mbar)

Hurricane Deana

Category 3 hurricane (GCMC)
File:Temporary cyclone north.png
Duration	August 3 – August 11
Intensity	120 mph (195 km/h) (1-min),  961 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Erick

Tropical storm (SSHS)
File:Temporary cyclone north.png
Duration	August 10 – August 13
Intensity	85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min),  1003 hPa (mbar)

Tropical Depression Six

Tropical depression (SSHS)
File:Temporary cyclone north.png
Duration	August 13 – August 14
Intensity	55 km/h (35 mph) (1-min),  1008 hPa (mbar)

Hurricane Fiona

Category 2 hurricane (GCMC)
File:Temporary cyclone north.png
Duration	August 14 – August 21
Intensity	105 mph (165 km/h) (1-min),  959 mbar (hPa)

Hurricane Gerhard

Category 1 hurricane (GCMC)
File:Temporary cyclone north.png
Duration	August 19 – August 25
Intensity	85 mph (140 km/h) (1-min),  978 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Hanna

Tropical storm (SSHS)
File:Temporary cyclone north.png
Duration	September 3 – September 11
Intensity	65 km/h (40 mph) (1-min),  1006 hPa (mbar)

Hurricane Isaac

Category 1 hurricane (GCMC)
File:Temporary cyclone north.png
Duration	September 13 – September 15
Intensity	75 mph (120 km/h) (1-min),  989 mbar (hPa)

Hurricane Joanna

Category 5 hurricane (SSHS)
File:Temporary cyclone north.png
Duration	September 20 – September 30
Intensity	175 mph (280 km/h) (1-min),  905 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Depression Twelve

Tropical depression (GCMC)
File:Temporary cyclone north.png
Duration	November 12 – November 14
Intensity	35 mph (55 km/h) (1-min),  1011 mbar (hPa)

Season effects

The following table lists all of the storms that have formed in the 2012 Red Ocean hurricane season. It includes their duration, names, landfall(s)–denoted by bold location names – damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but were still related to that storm. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a wave, or a low, and all of the damage figures are in 2012 USD.

Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale
TD	TS	C1	C2	C3	C4	C5

2012 Red Ocean hurricane season statistics

Storm names

Arthur Bianca Chris Deana Erick Fiona Gerhard

Hanna Issac Joanna Kobi (unused) Leann (unused) Mitchell (unused) Na'Asia (unused)

Orlo (unused) Patricia (unused) Rich (unused) Sandi (unused) Terrence (unused) Vivian (unused) Wendell (unused)

See also

National_Hurricane_Center