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June 1, 2013

G : TROPICAL CYCLONE CLIMATOLOGY Text version of TROPICAL CYCLONE CLIMATOLOGY

• G1) When is hurricane season?


• G2) How does El Niño-Southern Oscillation affect tropical cyclone activity around the globe?


• G3) How might global warming change hurricane intensity, frequency, and rainfall?


• G4) Why do tropical cyclones occur primarily in the summer and autumn?


• G5) What determines the movement of tropical cyclones?


• G6) Why doesn't the South Atlantic Ocean experience tropical cyclones?


• G7) Does an active June and July mean the rest of the season will be busy too?


• G8) Why do hurricanes hit the East coast of the U.S., but never the West coast?


• G9) How much lightning occurs in tropical cyclones?


• G10) What is the 20th century hurricane record for each U.S. coastal county?


• G11) What is my chance of being struck by a tropical storm or hurricane?


• G12) What is my chance of having a tropical storm or hurricane strike by each month?


• G13) What is the average number of tropical storms and hurricanes to affect my town?


• G14)What is the peak number of tropical storms and hurricanes to affect my town?


• G15)I'm vacationing in the Caribbean/the Bahamas/Central America/Miami or elsewhere in the tropics during hurricane season. What's my chance of getting hit by a hurricane ?


• G16)What is the average forward speed of a hurricane ?
  
  

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