"Hurricane season" is late summer-early fall - in the Northern
Hemisphere. Since the seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are
reversed, is their corresponding "hurricane season" late winter-early
spring, or the same August-October? Or are there now hurricanes down
under because the oceans and land masses are arranged differently?

Jim (worried about friends and family in Florida this weekend)


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On 9/4/04 8:05 AM, in article wci_c.116132$Fg5.61512@attbi_s53, "Jim"
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"Hurricane season" is late summer-early fall - in the Northern
Hemisphere. Since the seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are
reversed, is their corresponding "hurricane season" late winter-early
spring, or the same August-October? Or are there now hurricanes down
under because the oceans and land masses are arranged differently?

There was one in Brazil in March, reported to have been the first ever
Southern hemisphere hurricane.

Brazil denied that it was a hurricane.

from http://tinyurl.com/67dse:

"Maximum sustained winds were estimated between 75 to 80 mph with gusts to
95 mph. The storm left at least three people dead and injured 38, while more
than 2,000 were rendered homeless."


- Steve Stein


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Ivan seems to be at pretty low latitudes. And TWC mentioned that its the
most intense hurricane to have formed at this latitude (about 10 N).
Interesting. You poor guys in FL have to watch another one.

"Jim" wrote in message
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"Hurricane season" is late summer-early fall - in the Northern
Hemisphere. Since the seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are
reversed, is their corresponding "hurricane season" late winter-early
spring, or the same August-October? Or are there now hurricanes down
under because the oceans and land masses are arranged differently?

Jim (worried about friends and family in Florida this weekend)


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Jim wrote in message news:wci_c.116132$Fg5.61512@attbi_s53...
"Hurricane season" is late summer-early fall - in the Northern
Hemisphere. Since the seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are
reversed, is their corresponding "hurricane season" late winter-early
spring, or the same August-October? Or are there now hurricanes down
under because the oceans and land masses are arranged differently?

Jim (worried about friends and family in Florida this weekend)

Well, of course they're not called "hurricanes" anywhere except the
North Atlantic and eastern North Pacific... elsewhere they're known
as "typhoons", "cyclones", "willy-willys", etc...

But to answer your question, yes their season is reversed, and their
peak is December to May. Now, the western North Pacific doesn't even
have a defined 'season'... they can and do see typhoons every month
of the year.

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