Global Tropical Cyclone activity is at 33-year lows
With the 2010 North Atlantic hurricane season winding down without a United States hurricane landfall, Drudge posted a headline suggesting that the seasonal hurricane forecasters blew it. Indeed, he has written this headline for 4-years in a row now by linking to my Florida State University website. While the number of storms has been accurately predicted by the soothsayers (including Rush Limbaugh), the lack of impact upon the US mainland has left many wondering: is this it?
While the North Atlantic sees ~10 storms per year, the annual global total is 80 to 90! So, how is the rest of the globe doing in terms of tropical cyclone (TC) activity? Absolutely cratering — and in in the Western North Pacific typhoon basin, at historical lows. Indeed, with the Earth undergoing Global Climate Disruption, natural climate variability has played the ultimate trump card and left global TC activity at 33-year lows!
Link:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/10/08/global-tropical-cyclone-activity-is-at-33-year-lows/
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