Here they Come Again!

[Cyber Wolf]

Originally Posted by tw

Rarely do any form this early in the season. Ironically the National Hurricane center is predicting a normal hurricane season of 9 to 15 tropical storms. 4 to 8 being hurricanes. And 1 to 3 being a major hurricane

Consider the weather we've had the past 9 months. In general, all the seasons and seasonal markers (first snow, last frost, etc) have come 3-6 weeks early for just about every part of the country. Here in the mideast swamp, we didn't have much of a winter, spring temperatures and weather patterns were showing up in early February, our first 90+ degree day of the year was also in February, tree pollen came out early and there were tropical systems showing up as much as 10 days before the historical start. So I wouldn't be surprised if we ended up with an unremarkable (in terms of stats) hurricane season this year... it's just that instead of June 1 to Nov 1, it'd be more like May 20 to... what... middle of October? If this early pattern continues, I'll be surprised if a storm forms in October at all.