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  NHC Archive of Hurricane Seasons
Monthly Weather Summaries of the hurricane seasons for the years 1872 - 2002 are available from the NHC Library.
Learn about the progress of a typical hurricane season in terms of the total number of tropical systems and hurricanes produced throughout the year in the Atlantic and East Pacific basins.
The Atlantic Tracks File is an ASCII (text) file containing the 6-hourly (0000, 0600, 1200, 1800 UTC) center locations (latitude and longitude in tenths of degrees) and intensities (maximum 1-minute surface wind speeds in knots and minimum central pressures in millibars) for all Tropical Storms and Hurricanes from 1851 through 2006.
www.nhc.noaa.gov /pastall.shtml   (1051 words)

  
  1972 Atlantic hurricane season - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A strong El Niño kept hurricane activity at a minimum, and in fact the season was one of the quietest since the beginning of regular hurricane reconnaissance in 1944.
Hurricane Agnes was a large June Gulf of Mexico hurricane that formed over the Yucatán Peninsula on June 14.
On August 27 it became a hurricane, and on August 28 Betty reached her peak of 100 mph (Category 2 intensity), the highest winds of the 1972 season.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1972_Atlantic_hurricane_season   (888 words)

  
 1972 Pacific hurricane season - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1972 Pacific hurricane season began on May 15, 1972 in the east Pacific, and on June 1, 1972 in the central Pacific.
Celeste was the strongest storm of the season.
Ruby was the first typhoon to reach hurricane strength in the central Pacific before crossing the dateline since the 1967 season.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1972_Pacific_hurricane_season   (624 words)

  
 ScienceDaily: Atlantic storms pre-satellite estimated
Hurricanes return to historic patterns (June 6, 2007) -- A study by U.S. and Swedish researchers says the surge in major Atlantic hurricanes may not be tied to increasing global warming.
Hurricane Hazel -- Hurricane Hazel was the worst hurricane of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season and one of the worst hurricanes of the 20th century.
Hurricane Agnes -- Hurricane Agnes was the first tropical storm and first hurricane of 1972 Atlantic hurricane season.
www.sciencedaily.com /upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20070802-09421700-bc-us-hurricanes.xml   (1649 words)

  
 EXTENDED RANGE FORECAST OF ATLANTIC SEASONAL HURRICANE ACTIVITY AND U.S. LANDFALL STRIKE PROBABILITY FOR 2007
U.S. major hurricane landfall is estimated to be about 140 percent of the long-period average.
There were five hurricane seasons since 1949 with characteristics most similar to what we observe in February-March 2007 and characteristics that we expect to see in August-October 2007.
As shown in Table 5, NTC is a combined measure of the year-to-year mean of six indices of hurricane activity, each expressed as a percentage difference from the long-term average.
hurricane.atmos.colostate.edu /Forecasts/2007/april2007   (3402 words)

  
 Tropical Weather : Weather Underground
A surprise Hurricane Humberto ripped into Texas near the Louisiana border this morning, bringing winds of 85 mph and torrential rains to the coast.
As the hurricane intensified, it grew in size and height, allowing the storm to respond to upper-level winds that changed its course to a north-northeastly path.
Summary of the four major Atlantic hurricane season forecasts issued for 2007
www.wunderground.com /tropical   (435 words)

  
 LiveScience.com - Hurricane Guide: 2006 Forecast a Flop
Hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin, which includes the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.
The first named Atlantic hurricane was Able in 1950.
The boy-girl-boy-girl naming convention evolved to include French and Spanish names in the Atlantic system, reflecting the languages of the nations affected by Carribean hurricanes.
www.livescience.com /forcesofnature/hurricane_guide.html   (476 words)

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