| Clark |
| (Meteorologist) |
| Sun Jun 17 2007 09:24 PM |
Re: La Nina Still Expected
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ADDED: Current and anticipated ENSO conditions for a moderate La Nina along with similar upper air patterns suggest that 1964 might be the best analog for this season. The 1964 season had 12 named storms and 6 hurricanes - and quite interesting that all of the hurricanes that season were major ones.
Cheers,
ED
I've also heard that 1964 analog from another source or two, making it a tad more intriguing. For the most part, 1964 was a Florida/recurve year with about equal frequencies of both. One major storm, Hilda, impacted the central Louisiana coast, but Isbell, Dora, and Cleo were all significant Florida impacts.
As an aside...the first storm in 1964 was a lot like Barry this year -- weak, first week of the season storms that impacted the upper west Florida coastline. Not that it means anything, of course, but an interesting coincidence.