Do hurricanes follow snow?

[Matt J]

The e-mail you received is a hoax. There were no snowfalls in New Orleans in either 1964 or 1968.

Umm, the record for snow fall is in December of 1963, the next hurricane season after would have been 1964.

New Orleans brews rare snowfall - USATODAY.com

 

[Miss Critter]

I heard New Orleans meteorologist Carl Arrendondo dispute the email on WWL radio last week. Whew!!

 

[ginfarmer]

Umm, the record for snow fall is in December of 1963, the next hurricane season after would have been 1964.

New Orleans brews rare snowfall - USATODAY.com

Yes, and no major hurricanes struck in the gulf in 1964. Hurricane Betsy hit New Orleans in 1965. To verify this run a Google search on "Hurricane Betsy."

 

[Miss Critter]

Yes, and no major hurricanes struck in the gulf in 1964. Hurricane Betsy hit New Orleans in 1965. To verify this run a Google search on "Hurricane Betsy."

Um, no thank you. That would be like summoning the bad-karma gods. ;-)

 

[ginfarmer]

That would make sense then - extreme winter weather triggers extreme summer weather.

But if it snowed between 1968 and 2004, don't think it's a valid idea.

It snowed in New Orleans in 1989. To check it out, go to Google and run a search on "New Orleans snow 1989."

 

[NotDeadYet]

2009 Deep South Long-Range Weather Forecast and Prediction - The Old Farmer's Almanac

Farmer's Almanac says to expect a hurricane in September

 

[tigerswin]

Thought...

Cold fronts move high pressure and high pressure steers the storms through the atlantic. Cold fronts dipping into the gulf and causing the jet stream to dip that far south could strengthen the high over the atlantic and that would keep these storms moving westward. What affect do El Nino and La Nina have on all of this?

 

[Matt J]

Had an interesting conversation over the weekend pertaining to the theory that turtle nests can predict hurricanes. In recent memory this seems to line up, about 99% of the time, with the actual weather patterns.

Here's to lots of turtle nests this summer!

 

[Lynnie]

Turtles, yellow flies and millipedes - keep you thinkin'!!

 

[ItzKatzTime]

I don't know. Did the groundhog see his shadow?

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