leetdan
(Weather Guru)
Wed Aug 03 2005 10:53 AM
Re: Feature fun and goodness

Quote:

HARVEY IS THE EARLIEST-FORMING EIGHTH TROPICAL STORM ON RECORD. IN
THOSE YEARS THAT HAVE HAD AT LEAST EIGHT STORMS...WHICH IS ONLY
ABOUT HALF OF ALL SEASONS SINCE 1851...THE MEAN DATE OF FORMATION
FOR THE EIGHTH STORM IS SEPTEMBER 29TH.




Wow, almost two full months ahead of the average. SSTs look rather low in the area, and as mentioned this isn't supposed to get much stronger than it is now.