Atlantic Hurricane season

[sarabande]

NOAA are handing out a warning this year will be a bit active in the Atlantic, but below normal in the E Pacific. .

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2013/20130523_hurricaneoutlook_atlantic.html

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2013/20130523_hurricaneoutlook_easternpacific.html

 

[Babylon]

Three climate factors that strongly control Atlantic hurricane activity are expected to come together to produce an active or extremely active 2013 hurricane season. These are:

A continuation of the atmospheric climate pattern, which includes a strong west African monsoon, that is responsible for the ongoing era of high activity for Atlantic hurricanes that began in 1995;

Warmer-than-average water temperatures in the tropical Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea; and

El Niño is not expected to develop and suppress hurricane formation.


Oh well...

 

[KellysEye]

That sounds a bit like a girly season. We were there the year the were the most hurricanes ever, the most Cat 5s and one in the January after hurricne season. It was the year of Katrina and the satellite was showing Katrina and two more hurricanes behind it. I've never seen anything like it and contrary to GW propaganda about increasingly severe weather it hasn't been beaten since.

 

[Babylon]

That sounds a bit like a girly season. We were there the year the were the most hurricanes ever, the most Cat 5s and one in the January after hurricne season. It was the year of Katrina and the satellite was showing Katrina and two more hurricanes behind it. I've never seen anything like it and contrary to GW propaganda about increasingly severe weather it hasn't been beaten since.

Katrina was 2005. The NOAA website refers to the ongoing era of high activity for Atlantic hurricanes that began in 1995, so Katrina is entirely consistent with the data.

Its not about beating the next guy in some beer-quaffing competition, or being paranoid about government taking away your God-given rights. The NOAA website indicates the factors which are powering the frequency and intensity of the hurricanes.

 

[KellysEye]

>The NOAA website refers to the ongoing era of high activity for Atlantic hurricanes that began in 1995

After the record year in 2005 we left the Caribbean in 2010 and during that period the hurricane levels dropped dramatically and most curved north of the Caribbean, they were always fewer than the NOOA forecasts.

 

[sarabande]

I see that Dorian is weakening.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo_atl.shtml

 

[Rum_Pirate]

Flat calm here now.

 

[cliff]

Flat calm here now.

And here - not a white horse to be seen anywhere - except in the drinks rack.

 

[Seadog17]

Flat calm here now.

Pleased for you. Bugger when you've got ripples on your tot.