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Atlantic Hurricane Season 30 Percent Stronger Than Normal

Posted by Soulskill on from the act-now-while-supplies-last dept.

MatthewVD writes "The National Hurricane Center reported today that the combined energy and duration of all the storms in the Atlantic basin hurricane season was 30 percent above the average from 1981 to 2010. At Weather Underground, Dr. Jeff Masters blogs that record low levels of arctic ice could have caused a 'blocking ridge' over Greenland that pushed Hurricane Sandy west. Meanwhile, Bloomberg BusinessWeek says, 'it's global warming, stupid.'"

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  1. Average vs. variance by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's interesting to know that this season was 30% above the mean, but what's the variance over that same time period?

    Because for all I know from the summary, half of those years had storm season that were 30% more active than the average.