I’ve been keeping an eye on ocean and land surface temperatures - the ocean is at crazy high levels and those tracking this are very worried by the unprecedented heat, just hoping that somehow it might be El Niño related (which I don’t see how it can be).
When you think about how much energy is required to heat water (v air) that’s an awful lot of energy.
Originally Posted by: Gandalf The White
This BBC piece seems to follow that neatly...
"As many as 13 Atlantic hurricanes of category one or above are forecast for the period, which runs from June to November.
Record high sea surface temperatures are partly to blame, as is a likely shift in regional weather patterns.
While there's no evidence climate change is producing more hurricanes, it is making the most powerful ones more likely, and bringing heavier rainfall.
"This [hurricane] season is looking to be an extraordinary one," NOAA administrator Rick Spinrad said in a news conference."
The old 1950s mnemonic ran:
"June - too soon.
July - stand by.
August - come it must.
September - remember!
October - all over."
Only now the season seems at least a month longer.
Atlantic to get 'extraordinary' hurricane season
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw441ng00wxo
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RogerP
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William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830