Today is officially the last day of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. Not that we can't have a storm after November 30...but it becomes less and less likely. And how do we summarize the year? Well, less active than expected, especially when it comes to the frequency of the most intense storms. That's two years in a row the forecasts have overshot in this respect. Anyways, over at the Daily Green I now have a more in-depth post-mortem on the season. Some highlights:
The relative quietude of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season seems particularly mystifying in light of the fact that we saw La Nina conditions develop in the tropical Pacific -- which usually correlate with above average Atlantic storm activity. So lets turn to Klotzbach and Gray to hear their reasons for why we had a quiet year. Notably, sea surface temperatures were 0.2 to 0.5 degrees (Celsius) cooler ...
