Hurricane Dean vs. Hurricane Felix

Hurricane Felix made landfall about 7 AM Texas time on the coast of Nicaragua. The storm intensified just before landfall and hit with sustained winds near 160 mph and even stronger gusts.

Both hurricanes Felix and Dean tracked over the warmest water in the Atlantic basin. The two tracks were 120-180 miles apart. Both were category five hurricanes at landfall with winds over 155 mph. That's rare. Both stayed south of the U.S. thanks to persistent high pressure located north of the storms.

The water in the Caribbean was churned up a little when Dean blew through. The water is now another 1-2 degrees lower thanks to Felix, but the sea surface temps are still above 82 degrees across the whole Caribbean Sea.

Climatologically the most active time of the hurricane season is the month of September with the peak around September 10. Typically the number of tropical cyclones starts to drop in October. The season ends November 30.

On another note, the team of Gray and Klotzback issued their outlook for the month of September. The meteorologists from Colorado State University predict another 4 tropical storms in September. Three of these could become hurricanes with one major hurricane. For the period October thru November, they predict another five tropical storms, two hurricanes and one major hurricane.

Comments

[derrick]

there is a low pressure pulling rain from the other storm what If that low pressure stay there and Felix come into the gulf that low pressure will bring Felix our way.