Comments on: Major Hurricane Ike – Category 3

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:55:02 +0000

Unless Ike hangs a U-turn it will be 6-in-a-row this year.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:22:38 +0000

yep, i remember kate... letter k... in november. and yeah the 5-in-a-row, scary.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:12:42 +0000

Oh, yeah, well the season is starting earlier and lasting longer. Look at the dates on the years that we got hit by 5 named storms in a row – they do seem to cluster, as if a tipping point was reached.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:17:33 +0000

my point about the early alphabet is that in septembers of other years we only made it up to 4 or 5 or 6 storms big enough to be named, but now we’re getting to nine+ letters into the alphabet by september [ivan, katrina, ike]

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:25:49 +0000

Close counts in hurricanes, especially if they go in West of you.

The average number of named storms per year is only 10, so the early alphabet gets a work out.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:50:53 +0000

true, except that katrina and rita made landfall sort of at opposite edges of the state. as you say, it's all useless speculation at this point. i was just looking at the historical map at wunderground; can't tell from the map about the unnamed storms in early years, but i noticed the named storms for september of more recent years are early in the alphabet: donna, david, frances...

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:08:51 +0000

I think Katrina/Rita punched that ticket rather convincingly. Speaking of Rita the current models are more on that track.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:47:25 +0000

poor louisiana. looks like 2008 could be their erin/opal year.