Annual Tropical Cyclone Report (1983)

[Frank2]

I happened to find this on the NHC's web site, and, since it was published 25 years ago (as mentioned in the article it was published in the Monthly Weather Review), it gives some idea of the changes in technology since then (based on the "cut and paste with paper and rubber cement" satellite photos)...

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/NWS-NHC-1984-21.pdf

if some here commented about the "slowness" of the current season, look at the track chart for 1983 - except for Alicia (which was a system that grew from an old frontal trough), it was a quiet season, since it was during a strong El Nino period - can't you tell?

Also, notice the list of models used back then - not many (and, at that time were only for inter-Agency use - I'm not joking when I say that in 1983, the only thing most hurricane followers had to track a system was a NOAA Weather Radio, a pencil, and, a tracking chart from the supermarket)...

Except for Alicia, we had a lot of spare time that year (good for sleeping)...

LOL

A little bit of NHC history for you during the almost off-season (except for Paloma)...

Florida2