03 June 2008

Hurricane Prediction

This year's hurricane predictions is now in place. It is the only instance of which I am aware in which meteorologists make predictions between a five day or so short term forecast, and generally long term climate predictions (including El Nino effects), other than the decidely non-scientific Farmer's Almanac. This year is predicted to have eight Hurricanes.

The model based on factors like rainfalls in Africa, is fascinating.

3 comments:

Dave Barnes said...

It is El NiƱo and not El Nino.
Andrew, you should know better.

Andrew Oh-Willeke said...

I can't type the accent mark. Sometimes if I cut and paste it works.

Dave Barnes said...

Andrew,

1. Buy a Mac.

2. See http://www.starr.net/is/type/kbh.html#alt for instructions for Windows machines.

For the n with a tilde, you
1. do num lock on your keyword
2. type ALT 0241

,dave