40/70 Benchmark

There are 1800 hot lines for those who need help......

Rough week?

Only got down to 75 last night....UGH.

65/93 today...still 79.5 Official heat wave, with 90 Saturday and 91 Sunday.

I was at 92.8 a bit ago...91.0 now.

He is in Methuen

I remember that.

Lube?

Yea, I was speaking more of the atlantic side, but intense GOM LFs are also relatively rare because they are always interacting with mid latitude systems....you need exceptional outflow to compensate (Michael) and/or a tightly wound, rapid blow up (Charley).

Man, I can't wait for the tropics to heat up.

Right, but this also plays into why FL is not a climo hot spot for cat 4-5 LFs.

It takes a pretty anomalous ridge in place for a high-end hurricane to continue barreling west at that latitude and not recurve, while maintaining that ferocity....theoretically speaking, its very possible....but it takes a unique setup. Just like the south shore with respect to snowfall maxima....while not usually climo favored to get nailed, will get walloped due to OES assist in a cold air mass with an onshore flow. Yes, FL is vulnerable to extreme hurricanes in a general sense, theoretically speaking, but there are reasons why it is not really a climo hot spot for cat 4's and 5s.

There are climo hot spots, like the Yucatan peninsula, and Bahamas, and then other areas that while at risk in a general sense, are not so climo favored. FL to me a bit like the lower windard islands in that most severe storms in the area veer north and east of them. Its like our local snow climo....we all get nailed in a general sense, but then you have the ORH hills, etc.

Feel free to do the research, but I am going to venture to guess that the odds are not great.

It is stretching it, but like John said....the odds of any one point getting directly impacted by a cat 4-5 is inherently low, anyway. Some area are more prone than others, and IMO, the Bahamas are much more at risk than FL....its no coincidence. Every bit of longitude at that latitude is crucial.

It makes sense to a degree, as such as extreme systems are likely to begin recurving at that latitude...that bit of extra longitude that FL as is often crucial.

Yea, I mean there. Agree regarding NNE.

Still a long shot any given season.

Disappointed with severe season? In other news, my randevu with gonorrhea left a bit to be desired.

I hit up his FB wall...

Thanks for sharing that.

I remember that gtg when we met...maybe 5 years ago? RIP

No way.....just found out. So sorry to hear this. RIP, my friend. I need to purchase his book like I promised I would.

Not in this case.