It seems as if the United States has just got done dealing with terrible tornadoes, and a rather persistent drought in the South Midwest. But alas, the weather patterns are changing once again, and hurricane season for 2011 has already started. There is the 2011 Atlantic tropical hurricane season, and don't forget we also get hurricanes on the Pacific side, which generally run-up along the coast of Baja before dissipating, and Southern California gets some of the storm's power and rain, along with the desert areas of California, Arizona, Southern Nevada, and New Mexico.
There was an interesting article posted on the morning of June 8, 2011 in Bloomberg titled; "Tropical Storm Adrian in East Pacific to Become Hurricane" by Brian K. Sulivan and Sherry Su. The article stated;
"The first tropical storm of the season in the eastern Pacific, Adrian, strengthened to just below hurricane level. Storm Watch along the Mexican coast. The system has maximum winds of about 70 miles per hour (113 kilometers per hour), is moving north-northwest at near 7 mph and is expected to remain safely at sea. Adrian is about 265 miles south-southwest of Acapulco, and should remain at sea."
Ready or not here comes hurricane season - is perhaps the operative phrase here. We can expect a rather robust hurricane season on both the Pacific and the Atlantic side due to the surface water temperature, and the way the trade winds form during El Nino, La Nina cycles. It won't be long until we get a tropical storm or hurricane named Arlene, Bret, Cindy, Don, Emily, and Franklin, although it looks as if the Pacific Coast side had the first named hurricane this year.
Even though the tornadoes in Alabama and Joplin Missouri were absolutely devastating, and some of the worst in decades, we are also looking at a mighty hurricane season as per the NOAA predictions. So far they believe there will be over 13 named storms this year, and the possibility of category three or higher hurricanes hitting the shoreline somewhere in the United States. Yes, often they get these predictions wrong, but last year there were a number of hurricanes as well, we just didn't notice it because we didn't have any major hurricanes hit land in any populated areas.
The chances of having severe hurricane seasons two years in a row, with no major category landfalls would be a rarity. So we better be on alert for more natural disasters that are weather related in 2011. Indeed I hope you will please consider all this and think on it.
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