Goodbye hurricane season 2009

[Kurt]

Today marks the end of the hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin. The 2009 season featured two depressions and nine tropical storms. Three of the tropical storms became hurricanes. Two of those hurricanes were major hurricanes. On average 11 named tropical storms occur during the hurricane season with 6 reaching hurricane strength and two of those become a category 3 or higher.

 

[Gidget]

Good riddance!

 

[beachmouse]

And the NHC calls it:

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
700 PM EST MON NOV 30 2009

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

TODAY MARKS THE END OF THE 2009 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON. ISSUANCE OF THIS PRODUCT WILL RESUME ON 1 JUNE 2010. SHOULD ANY SIGNIFICANT DISTURBANCES DEVELOP DURING THE OFF-SEASON...SPECIAL TROPICAL
WEATHER OUTLOOKS WOULD BE ISSUED AS NEEDED UNDER THE SAME WMO HEADER ABNT20 KNHC...AND AWIPS HEADER MIATWOAT.

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FORECASTER BERG

The down side is that the Gulf Coast version of a Nor'easter is set to hit the area in a couple of days.

 

[Bobby J]

So the real surf season begins!!!!!

 

[Kurt]

Another mild year for the panhandle. I think some of us are starting to relax a bit, while others still have Post Hurricane Sttress Disorder and I feel for them.

 

[beachmouse]

I'm just kind of bummed about the early freezing weather. I've got a couple of citrus trees that seem like they'd just take off like crazy with a milder winter or two.