#124 Postby Category5Kaiju » Fri Apr 03, 2026 10:17 am
I know that there's rightfully a lot of interest in this upcoming season's total activity/ACE/impacts and that jazz. But what I'm personally very curious to see is if this season keeps the Atlantic's 11-year streak of producing a borderline or bona fide Category 5 system alive or not. 11 consecutive years of 155+ mph hurricanes is absolutely unprecedented in Atlantic recorded history, and one ought to think that such would come to an end at some point.
Whether it's pure luck that the Atlantic managed to generate a storm or more in the right place at the right time that they blow up into monsters the past 11 years or if something changed back in 2015 that ultimately raised the potential ceiling for storms in general, I think this year will be a good litmus test to the nature of this particular pattern. I think it would be quite telling if this season lives up to its below-average expectations, yet somehow produces a storm or two that attains such powerful strengths despite generally unfavorable background conditions.
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