The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season was the third most active Atlantic hurricane season on record (behind only the 2005 and 1933 seasons), tying with the 1887, 1995, 2011, and 2012 Atlantic hurricane seasons. (However, in this season there were 21 tropical depressions, tying with 1995, while there were only 20 in 2011 and only 19 in 1887 and 2012). It had the most named storms since the 2005 season, and also ties with the 1969 season for the second-largest number of hurricanes. In addition, the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season was more active than the year's Pacific typhoon season, only the second time this is known to have occurred (the first being in 2005).
The season began with Hurricane Alex, a Category 2 storm on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale, which struck the Yucatán Peninsula as a tropical storm and northeastern Mexico south of the Texas border at peak intensity. Following Alex, a series of relatively weak systems occurred into the month of July and early August. In the latter part of August and September, the season became much more active with the formation of eleven named storms in about 40 days, six of which were Cape Verde-type storms. Four of those Cape Verde storms (Danielle, Earl, Igor, and Julia) each reached Category 4 intensity and a fifth in the Bay of Campeche (Karl) also became a major hurricane. Danielle and Earl were back-to-back major hurricanes, followed by several weak tropical storms, and then another series of three consecutive major hurricanes. From August 21 to September 26, there was not a single full day without at least one tropical cyclone active for a total of 36 days, starting with the formation of Tropical Depression Six (which became Hurricane Danielle) and ending with the dissipation of Tropical Storm Matthew, the longest period since the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. In the month of September, eight named storms formed, which is the highest ever recorded, tying with the 2002 and 2007 seasons.
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain. Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is referred to by names such as hurricane (/ˈhʌrᵻkən/ or /ˈhʌrᵻkeɪn/), typhoon /taɪˈfuːn/, tropical storm, cyclonic storm, tropical depression, and simply cyclone.
Tropical cyclones typically form over large bodies of relatively warm water. They derive their energy through the evaporation of water from the ocean surface, which ultimately recondenses into clouds and rain when moist air rises and cools to saturation. This energy source differs from that of mid-latitude cyclonic storms, such as nor'easters and European windstorms, which are fueled primarily by horizontal temperature contrasts. The strong rotating winds of a tropical cyclone are a result of the conservation of angular momentum imparted by the Earth's rotation as air flows inwards toward the axis of rotation. As a result, they rarely form within 5° of the equator. Tropical cyclones are typically between 100 and 2,000 km (62 and 1,243 mi) in diameter.
The name Alpha or Alfa has been used for two subtropical cyclones and one tropical storm in the Atlantic Ocean. It was used to name subtropical storms for a time before the modern naming lists were instituted, and is used to name the first storm in excess of the last name on the basin's list (see hurricane naming).
In the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, the list was exhausted and Alpha was used to name the season's twenty-second tropical storm:
Tropical Storm may refer to:
Featuring: Janet Jackson
Baby girl, oh nah nah
Ooh Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
Are you ready for this? Yeah
Whenever I got no money
She is still my honey
And there is a reason to be funny
'Cause, I, I, I said
I don't care what you say
But you can say, girl
Keep on sayin' your thing, yeah
And I don't care what you do
But you can do, girl
Keep on doin' your thing, yeah
And I don't care what you shake
But you can shake, girl
You have my head a spin, yeah
And I don't care what you kiss
But you can kiss, girl
You have this brotha a sing
That people keep on tellin' me that you are here to stay
Brother keep on tellin' them that you will go away
'Cause, wha, two wrongs can't make no right, naw
Ain't nothin' wrong with a good old fight
It's alright if you feel it, boy
Two can feel this feelin' all around the world
It's okay if you feel it
Forget everything and everybody
Boy, let's just have a party, me and you
Gal out a you mouth nuh call me dumb man
Instead of bringing joy you brought me pure pain
Now I really know what is the game, game
Bust you brain, blood for stain
Sometime, I really thought you're love was so true
Cryin' on my shoulder bout dat all too
Now I really know what just do
Forget you too, you won your crew
People keep on tellin' me your love is here to stay
Brother keep on tellin' them that you will go away
'Cause, wha, two wrongs can't make no right
Ain't nothin' wrong with a good old fight
It's alright if you feel it, boy
Two can feel this feelin' all around the world
It's okay if you feel it
Forget everything and everybody
Boy, let's just have a party, me and you
Whenever I got no money
She is still my honey
Without any clothes or jewelry, yeah
She is still my honey
But true little cars and luxury, yeah
I almost lose my honey
Open your heart, girl and let me back in
And you be my queen and I forever your king
Yeah 'cause, two wrongs can't make no right
It's alright if you feel it boy
Two can feel this feelin' all around the world
It's okay if you feel it
Forget everything and everybody
Boy, let's just have a party, me and you
Forget everything and everybody
Boy, let's just have a party, me and you
Forget everything and everybody
Boy, let's just have a party, me and you
Let's have a party now me and you, my baby