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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
What happened to hurricane season?
2013-10-01
As we wrap up September, there have been just two short-lived Category 1 hurricanes in the Atlantic. Yet seasonal forecasts predicted an extremely active season. What's going on?
Global Warming!
Before diving into the seasonal forecasts, let's take inventory on where the season stands.

In an average season, 8 tropical storms, 4 hurricanes, and 1 major (category 3 or higher) hurricane form by this date. This year, we've experienced 10 tropical storms, 2 hurricanes, and no major hurricanes.
So the numbers are within the confidence intervals of the projections. In other words nothing happened to hurricane season, it's just slightly off the average, nothing more...
Though we've had close to the average number of total storms, most have been short-lived and/or weak. If you went out for a cup of coffee at any time this hurricane season, you would've missed many of them.
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#8  See, this is exactly what the global warming experts predicted!
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2013-10-01 22:16  

#7  we've had low tropical storm energy years before

however this weak tropical storm season follows a low tornado season

the horror
Posted by: lord garth   2013-10-01 20:08  

#6  I blame the sequester. US Dept. of Hurricanes wasn't allowed to spend its usual amount.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2013-10-01 17:37  

#5  March 2013 - Katrina-Like Storm Surges Could Become Norm?


Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2013-10-01 16:39  

#4  I thought they were going to blame Evil Spirits or some butterfly in South America flapping it's wings or something.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2013-10-01 16:11  

#3  Don't worry. They've floated some trial balloons on ocean acidification now.
Posted by: gorb   2013-10-01 15:54  

#2  But just because youÂ’re sometimes wrong doesnÂ’t mean you should stop trying

Ah, the IPCC mantra.
Posted by: Pappy   2013-10-01 15:28  

#1  I blame Bush.
Posted by: DarthVader   2013-10-01 13:55  

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