Calculating ACE

[hurricanetrack]

Ok, can someone on here verifiy that I am not a complete doofus? I am trying to explain ACE to someone and here is what I understand it to be:

I get it that it is the sum of the square of the advisory for determining a specific storm. So let me see if I did this right:

TS Foobar has winds of 35 knots. That gets squared which is 35 x 35 yes? That is 1225. That is then divided by 10,000 to get an ACE # for that one advisory of .1225? Do I win the prize or is it back to basic math for me?

Thanks!

[somethingfunny]

You had me at Foobar.

[Chacor]

That's correct; the assumed unit for ACE is ten thousand square knots.

[hurricanetrack]

Thanks. I think we will have some Foobar to deal with later this season. And an ACE to prove it. I did not realize that 1950 was right up there with 243 for its ACE. This according to Wikipedia. And it only had 13 named storms that year....satellites not withstanding.

[Aquawind]

1950 was a wild season alright.. Didn't start untill August 12th and yet 7 of the 13 were Major Canes and only 2 were TSs!