2.4 hurricanes?

[AlexL]

I'm just readying this months YM and i notice on page 13 it says "To date the 2004 hurricane season has seen 12 tropical storms, 6.8 hurricanes and 2.4 major hurricanes"

What in the hell is 0.8 or 0.4 of a Hurricane - is it kind of cheese shaped - like a wedge out of trivial pursuit?

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[Anthony]

Ahh, I am so glad you asked that, I was reading it in the bath earlier and thought the steam must have got to me!

I could understand if it was an average, but I cant see how you would average the number of storms.

So all we need now is an educated answer....

Please, someone?

Anthony

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[Benbow]

I have absolutely no idea, but that won't stop me.....maybe its because a given TRS moves between categories? If it spends 90% of its time as a tropical storm and 10% of its time as a hurricane, it would clearly be wrong to count it as a hurricane and equally wrong to double count it as both a storm and a hurricane, so maybe its 0.9 tropical storms and 0.1 hurricanes ???



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[Evadne]

Maybe 0.6 of one of the hurricanes was in the previous season? I thought there'd been three hurricanes, although Charlie (I think) was smaller than then the others. It still makes it a whole hurricane though.

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[Benbow]

Am I strange in finding it strange that people don't read the previous responses before chipping in ?

I don't think I really care, but the discussion won't make much progress at this rate !



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[jimi]

Think you are. Fatipa seemed to be concurring with you, personally I find it strange you taking umbrage at that. I'd only be too happy if someone ever agrees with me.

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[Benbow]

hey-ho, you are not the 1st person to tell me that today, and I doubt if you will be the last.

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[tome]

Think you are. Fatipa seemed to be concurring with you, personally I find it strange you taking umbrage at that. I'd only be too happy if someone ever agrees with me.

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[jimi]

Delirious ... swoons .. then thinks .. you taking the mickey or sumfink .. or are ye just being a little helpful?

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[tome]

Just being a little helpful


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[ShipsDog]

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[Benbow]

Not taking umbrage, its probably my basic insecurity and worry that no-one is taking a blind bit of notice of anything I say here - or anywhere else for that matter. May I request that next time anyone agrees with me they respond along the lines of:

"I agree with Benbow's remarkably insightful and profound analysis of the situation"

That would make me feel much better!

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[Clive_Rigden]

At least you're regular - or so we're led to believe . . .

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[ColinW]

I agree with Brian's remarkably insightful and profound analysis of the situation


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[Benbow]

I can see that you just don't care about my delicate ego

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[Observer]

A remarkably profound and insightful response from fatipa. Can't believe nobody else worked it out.

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[TheBoatman]

Very Simple

0.8 of a hurricane is when Michael Fish/Met Office says there is DEFINATELY going to be one, but then the wind just gets up a bit. In fact it only gets to 0.8 of hurrricane speed. It's normally accompanied with a wind forecast of (say) Easterly but actually blows from the West.

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