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Well one thing's for sure- after last hurricane season it would take something unbelievable for this one to top it- even an above normal year will probably seem very quiet in comparison! Having said that, how memorable a hurricane season is often doesn't have much to do with the number of systems - it only takes one Katrina or Andrew to make landfall at cat 3 or above in a fairly well known area and most people forget about whether it was an active or quiet season! I guess it's like the whole 'cold winter' debate- we could have had the coldest winter since the early 60s this year with ice days galore and plenty of people would have moaned that it had been rubbish because they haven't got snowed in! For most people it's all about the 'big' one off events and often these can occur in otherwise uneventful years! I have a gut feeling that this may actually be an average to below average year for number of storms- as we are surely due one- not very scientific thinking I know but wouldn't it be boring if we really could predict the weather that accurately in advance? Will be interesting to watch how the year develops though- wonder if we will get any more really early tropical storms/hurricanes like last year? cheers, Steve http://www.cyclone-tours.com - see some real weather - storm chasing holidays in tornado alley 2006 and 2007! check out the pics!

Interesting guesses so far..my guess is going in at 8.6C on a fairly random basis - I think it's unlikely we will see another month below average CET wise and we are due a pretty good zonal spell with maybe a couple of cooler northerly incursions in between so i'm guessing a slightly above average month may result..It's nice to have some milder weather to enojoy at the moment anyhow- i'd forgotten what temps above 10C felt like of late cheers, Steve http://www.cyclone-tours.com - storm chasing tours in tornado alley 2006 and 2007 - check out the photos!