NastyCat4 wrote:So, what is the point? All I was saying is that there is a clear pattern--it wasn't random, and did not buck climatology. It was an intense manifestation of what is possible in an active hurricane season. The Gulf of Mexico gets severe storms frequently--this year, they had the target on ther back just as Florida did last year, with a Cat 4 into the West Coast, a Cat 3 (very large one) into the East Central Coast, and a huge Cat 2 in the exact same area as the Cat 3. That was a clear pattern, and this year, the Gulf had the target, unfortunately.
I think what others are saying, from the top of the top mets down, is that this has been an extraordinary season that hasn't followed much in the way of recent seasons (recent being back to the beginning of recorded storms).
That would seem to be that point, but not the point of this thread, which is about a current system in development with some other rather interesting weather...which will be another historical notch to be dissected when it resolves itself...eventually.