Hi everybody. In the 2011 hurricane season, it was mostly a non issue for the Sunshine State. The season did bring us a couple of scares which included Irene but she had another area in her sights, the North East. For the sixth straight year, there were no landfalling hurricanes in Florida. That is actually some amazing numbers especially since we have had 19 storms this season.
Many people would not consider this year busy but in actuality, it was actually a busy season. Of the 19 storms, 7 became hurricanes and 3 became major storms of cat 3 or higher. This ties us with 2010, 1995 1nd 1887 for the third busiest on record. Included in the 19 storms was a system that moved between Bermuda and Nova Scotia. Originally, it was not classified as a tropical system but forecasters have looked at the data and have reclassified the storm as a tropical system and added it to the tally. It was not given an actual name.
Remember back in 1979 when David hit Florida? We were not severely impacted here in Central Florida for almost 25 years when Jeanne and Francis hit. It could be another 25 years before we see another hurricane or it might be in 2012.
A trough of low pressure in the Eastern United States steered most storms away before they were in line to hit Florida.
It is too early to tell if El Nino will kick in and make 2012 a quiet year. We will be watching closely as the year progresses.
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