Impact of ocean conditions on hurricane development and forecast: examples of Hurricanes Maria (2017) and Michael (2018)

Matthieu Le Henaff1, Ricardo M. Domingues2, Gustavo Jorge Goni3, George R Halliwell Jr4, Francis Bringas5, Hyun-Sook Kim6, Jili Dong7, Avichal Mehra7 and Vijay Tallapragada7, (1)University of Miami, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, Miami, FL, United States, (2)Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (3)NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL, United States, (4)NOAA Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (5)NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL, United States, (6)NOAA/NCWCP, EMC, College Park, MD, United States, (7)National Centers For Environmental Prediction-Environmental Modeling Center, College Park, MD, United States