Hurricane Jose (2017)

Hurricane Jose

Hurricane Jose at peak intensity nearing the Leeward Islands on September 8
Meteorological history
Formed	September 5, 2017
Extratropical	September 22, 2017
Dissipated	September 25, 2017
Category 4 major hurricane
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS)
Highest winds	155 mph (250 km/h)
Lowest pressure	938 mbar (hPa); 27.70 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities	1 total
Damage	$2.84 million (2017 USD)
Areas affected	Leeward Islands, Bahamas, Bermuda, United States East Coast, Nova Scotia
IBTrACS
Part of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane Jose was a powerful, erratic, and long-lived tropical cyclone, the longest-lived since Hurricane Nadine in 2012. Jose was the tenth named storm, fifth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season. Jose developed into a tropical storm on September 5 from a tropical wave that left the west coast of Africa nearly a week prior. A period of rapid intensification ensued on September 6, when Jose reached hurricane intensity. On September 8, it reached its peak intensity as a high-end Category 4 with 1-minute sustained winds of 155 mph. However, due to wind shear, it weakened over the next few days as it completed an anti-cyclonic loop north of Hispaniola. Despite weakening to a tropical storm on September 14, Jose managed to regain hurricane intensity the next day as it began to curve northward. Never strengthening above Category 1 status for the remainder of its lifespan, Jose degraded to a tropical storm once again on September 20. Two days later, Jose degenerated into a post-tropical cyclone as it drifted northeastwards off the coast of New England. By September 26, Jose's remnants had dissipated off the East Coast of the United States.

Initially projected to impact the Antilles already affected by Hurricane Irma, Jose triggered evacuations in catastrophically damaged Barbuda, as well as in Saint Martin. Eventually, as Jose changed its path, its inner core and thus the strongest winds stayed offshore. Nonetheless, Jose still brought tropical storm-force winds to those islands. Later on, Jose brought heavy rain, swells, and rough surf to the East Coast of the United States, causing beach erosion and some flooding. A woman died after she was caught in a rip current in Asbury Park, New Jersey.