I was monitoring the SSTA Monthly Averages for the North Atlantic, and the October ones have come out....the average for October was down to +0.76 C!
Now while that is still quite high, it is down significantly from its June peak, and the record for any one month since 1950 of +1.19 C.
Let's just hope this downward trend continues into 2006 so that we may see less hurricane and major hurricane activity next year!
Data:
YR.. MON NATLC.. ANOM
2005 1 26.84 0.99
2005 2 26.52 1.06
2005 3 26.63 1.18
2005 4 26.75 0.96
2005 5 27.41 1.18
2005 6 27.82 1.19
2005 7 28.06 1.03
2005 8 28.46 0.92
2005 9 28.75 0.86
2005 10 28.62 0.76
North Atlantic is defined as the area between 5 and 20 degrees North latitude and 30 to 60 degrees W longitude.
Great News!
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While that would usually mean good news, the thing is that this year we didn't see much hurricane development in that region (as defined from 5-20N, 30-60W), so, I really don't think that this factor was a major contributor to this year's powerful season. Most of the hurricanes and all of the major hurricanes developed outside the aforementioned area.
That being said, let's hope that next year returns to a more "normal" pattern (normal in this new era being 13-15 named storms, 8-9 hurricanes, 3-4 major hurricanes).
While that would usually mean good news, the thing is that this year we didn't see much hurricane development in that region (as defined from 5-20N, 30-60W), so, I really don't think that this factor was a major contributor to this year's powerful season. Most of the hurricanes and all of the major hurricanes developed outside the aforementioned area.
That being said, let's hope that next year returns to a more "normal" pattern (normal in this new era being 13-15 named storms, 8-9 hurricanes, 3-4 major hurricanes).
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