hmm.. didnt notice if you had the nino zones backwards (steve h.?). honestly not sure if i've got them right, just wrote the first thing that came to mind (right fairly often). that was fyi for anybody who doesnt try to read all those confusing jargonish noaa pages that describe the stuff. which is most everybody. so much easier just to look at that fnmoc OTIS graphic that shows global sst deviation.. and the sissy el nino.
i've got a feeling about that system piling up east of bermuda. nhc doesnt seem to notice or care, but all those globals were talking it up, and it's making a good showing tonight. besides, i don't want rad to get his laffin' rights. i'd settle for a draw.
for those of you who still have the nagging image of a slow season, i present this table:
total number of systems by year, as of july 30th:
1998 (1 t.s.)-- season total 14 NS, B storm 8/19
1999 (1 t.s., 1 t.d.)-- season total 12 NS, B storm 8/18
2000 (2 t.d.)-- season total 14 NS, 1 STS, A storm 8/3
2001 (1 t.s., 1 t.d.)-- season total 15 NS, B storm 8/2
so, whaddya think?
gonna vote in my own poll for once, this time.
HF 0605z30july