rockyman wrote:I think the 2005 benchmark shows that a REALLY ACTIVE season starts early and keeps going late...Those years mentioned in Post 1 (thanks, Benny!) were active in September and October...but not really that active overall based on 2005. If we have another year with Cat 4s in July, I'll buy the global warming theory hook, line, and sinker.![]()
PS. It's also interesting to note that the first storm of the former champion season (1933) formed on May 14th...so we're already behind schedule![]()
http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at1933.asp
:edit...Did I miss something?...Wunderground is showing that Emily was a Cat 5... http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at200505.asp
Maybe the all-time record seasons start early (we don't have much of a sample size though.. but you can still get really active season .. e.g. 1950 or 1961 or 1969 with many major hurricanes and hurricaneafter having little before 1 Aug.
Emily was upgraded to Cat 5 in post-analysis according to NHC website.