Oct 2 and storms brought to you by the letter L

[senorpepr]

Another name down... Larry. Mindy is next on the list. Nonetheless... here's the data for TD 17 and "L" named storms. Note the slightly different format: I'm longer talking about when TD 17 formed. Only what storms were active on the 2nd of October and when the "L" storm formed.

Below is a breakdown of what storms were active on Oct 2 between 1974 and 2003. (Note: storm numbers in parenthesis had been finalled out by NHC prior to Sep 25) If applicable, there is a listing of what date the "L" storm developed on. At the end the list is the 30 year average ('74-'03).

Please Note: The start dates of the L-storm are when these systems were tropical depressions.

Active Storms on October 2, followed by the date the L-storm formed.
03: 16, 17; Oct 2
02: 11, 12; Sep 21
01: (8); Oct 27
00: 9, 10, 11; Oct 4
99: (8); Nov 13
98: 10, (11); Oct 5
97: (6); n/a
96: 9; Oct 14
95: 14, 15; Aug 27
94: (5); n/a
93: (8); n/a
92: 6; n/a
91: (5); n/a
90: 10; Oct 6
89: (9); n/a
88: (10); n/a
87: (6); n/a
86: (5); n/a
85: 7, (8); n/a
84: 9, (10); Dec 12
83: (4); n/a
82: 6; n/a
81: 9; n/a
80: 9; n/a
79: (8); n/a
78: 10; n/a
77: (4); n/a
76: 9; n/a
75: 7; n/a
74: 10; n/a
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Average TD on Oct 2: 8.50 ('03: above average by 8.50 TDs)
Average Date for L-storm*: Oct 13 ('03: ahead of schedule by 11 days)

* L-storm occured 33.33% of the time in the past 30 years.

Note: 17 tropical depressions in one year has only occured twice in the past 30 years: in 2003 and in 1995.

[wx247]

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