Meanwhile, a late comeback from another north Atlantic system will likely produce a short-lived tropical or subtropical storm but poses no threat to land
If it DOES get a name, the North Atlantic storm would be Number 13th named storm, just one below the average, so despite how poorly the season had been this year, we would only be one below average; and that ain't too shabby considering the poor nature of this year's season. I wasn't even sure we would make it to 10 named storms, so when we made it to 12, and possibly 13 depending on what happens with THIS one, we actually had a fairly normal hurricane season even though it acted more El-Nino-ish than La Nina-ish.
Guess what? That 13th storm has formed in the north Atlantic; storm Martin has been named; so that means we have the 13 storms for the year; just one below average. We have a whole month to get to 14 or even 15 storms. If we get to 15, that may put us in some of the low-end range in some forecasts by various agencies. That would be quite a feat, considering it didn't even look like in early October, that we would even have a FIGHTING chance for an above-average season. Now, suddenly, an above-average season is in the realm of possibility. mike Lowery calls it a "late-blooming" season. I agree; I think Mike is right. There always was the possibility of a late-season, last-minute Charlie comeback, no pun intended, as there WAS a Charlie once. Given all the high wind shear in the Gulf and the Atlantic, that didn't seem to likely, but yet, here we are, Laura, sitting at 13 storms, and models are trying to develop one or two more in the longer range model forecasts, but a lot would have to happen to realize another couple of storms. We will see how all this plays out in the weeks ahead.
No Halloweeners here sadly. I live in a senior community outside of town and rather isolated as there is only one way in and woods on three sides and part of the 4th side across a major road so no kids nearby. My last house in Michigan in a regular subdivision was not much better for giving h\treats out though. There were about 6 houses on my block that used to give out candy. I always bought a lot as did my next door neighbor and we would give it out by the handful and towards the end of the time sometimes more. It was infuriating as I grew up in that neighborhood and everyone used to participate.
Halloween was fun in the days when I lived for a few years within the city of Syracuse. Then we moved out to the countryside in 1970. We participated in trick-or-treat from 1970 till 1974. That was our last year; then by 1975 Mom said we were getting to the age of being too old for trick-or-treat. The 3 of us kids were 13 and 14; I was 14 then. Halloweening was a fun thing to do, but being out in the countryside, it was totally different; not many houses to go to; and not many people came to our house, whereas in the city of Syracuse, there were MANY houses to go to; and we constantly got Halloweeners at our house. By the 1980's and 1990's, everything was changing across the country, with all the weirdos putting harmful stuff, foreign objects into candy; that might occasionally have happened in the 1970's but it happened a lot more and that includes the 2010's, 2020's. NOW, you have to be VERY CAREFUL; kids have to have candy looked at before any is opened. This is why kids are offered safe places to go, like indoor malls for special trick-or-treat events and parties, where the food is safe. I think those events are better than traditional trick-or-treat; but that activity has been ruined by all the nefarious acts of people. It's sad, but this is the world we live in TODAY, Laura. It isn't your old-fashioned halloween the way it used to be, that's for sure.
If it DOES get a name, the North Atlantic storm would be Number 13th named storm, just one below the average, so despite how poorly the season had been this year, we would only be one below average; and that ain't too shabby considering the poor nature of this year's season. I wasn't even sure we would make it to 10 named storms, so when we made it to 12, and possibly 13 depending on what happens with THIS one, we actually had a fairly normal hurricane season even though it acted more El-Nino-ish than La Nina-ish.
I'm glad it wasn't above average as originally predicted but then one is all you need to ruin the season for you.
Guess what? That 13th storm has formed in the north Atlantic; storm Martin has been named; so that means we have the 13 storms for the year; just one below average. We have a whole month to get to 14 or even 15 storms. If we get to 15, that may put us in some of the low-end range in some forecasts by various agencies. That would be quite a feat, considering it didn't even look like in early October, that we would even have a FIGHTING chance for an above-average season. Now, suddenly, an above-average season is in the realm of possibility. mike Lowery calls it a "late-blooming" season. I agree; I think Mike is right. There always was the possibility of a late-season, last-minute Charlie comeback, no pun intended, as there WAS a Charlie once. Given all the high wind shear in the Gulf and the Atlantic, that didn't seem to likely, but yet, here we are, Laura, sitting at 13 storms, and models are trying to develop one or two more in the longer range model forecasts, but a lot would have to happen to realize another couple of storms. We will see how all this plays out in the weeks ahead.
And Ian did just that; that was the one. And it ruined your own home, too. Were there many Halloweeners last night, if any at all?
No Halloweeners here sadly. I live in a senior community outside of town and rather isolated as there is only one way in and woods on three sides and part of the 4th side across a major road so no kids nearby. My last house in Michigan in a regular subdivision was not much better for giving h\treats out though. There were about 6 houses on my block that used to give out candy. I always bought a lot as did my next door neighbor and we would give it out by the handful and towards the end of the time sometimes more. It was infuriating as I grew up in that neighborhood and everyone used to participate.
Halloween was fun in the days when I lived for a few years within the city of Syracuse. Then we moved out to the countryside in 1970. We participated in trick-or-treat from 1970 till 1974. That was our last year; then by 1975 Mom said we were getting to the age of being too old for trick-or-treat. The 3 of us kids were 13 and 14; I was 14 then. Halloweening was a fun thing to do, but being out in the countryside, it was totally different; not many houses to go to; and not many people came to our house, whereas in the city of Syracuse, there were MANY houses to go to; and we constantly got Halloweeners at our house. By the 1980's and 1990's, everything was changing across the country, with all the weirdos putting harmful stuff, foreign objects into candy; that might occasionally have happened in the 1970's but it happened a lot more and that includes the 2010's, 2020's. NOW, you have to be VERY CAREFUL; kids have to have candy looked at before any is opened. This is why kids are offered safe places to go, like indoor malls for special trick-or-treat events and parties, where the food is safe. I think those events are better than traditional trick-or-treat; but that activity has been ruined by all the nefarious acts of people. It's sad, but this is the world we live in TODAY, Laura. It isn't your old-fashioned halloween the way it used to be, that's for sure.