Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Jose the 7th named storm

[Steve]

in the Gulf of Mexico this year? What is the record number of named systems to ever be in the Gulf going back to the early 1900's? I thought it was around 8 or 9?

Steve

[Steve]

Somebody's gotta have an answer for this! Where's TxWxWx when you need him?

Steve

[Huckster]

I don't have complete recollection of all the Best Track data, but I am pretty sure the 1936 season was the most active Gulf season in terms of actual numbers, with 10 storms and almost 11 if that storm that cut across the Panhandle had just been a little farther south. Here ya go.

[linkerweather]

You could probably argue that storm #9 eventually made it to the GOM but it was a TD at that point, look at point 12 and 13.

http://www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane ... /track.gif

[Steve]

Huck,

I hadn't looked much at '36. I can see some track similarities though. You being one of the resident historians, have any of the re-analysis projects (Plymouth State, etc.) gone back and created any profiles or information on that season?

Thanks.

Steve

[jasons2k]

Must be a spell on Mexico this year...

[Huckster]

Linker, thanks for pointing that out. It's good to pay attention to details

Steve, as far as I know the Re-analysis work has only been done up to the 1920's, but that work has not been finalized just yet. Hopefully it will be soon though, since the only glimpses I've seen of it were in Powerpoint.

[dhweather]

wow - there's a lot of similarities to 1936. Dennis, Cindy - nearly identical paths then..... Lots of BOC action.....

[StormWarning1]

The winner is 1933. 11 Gulf storms, most were weak tropical storms. The 11th storm barely made it into the gulf. It hit Cuba from the south and passed into the gulf a little SSW of the Keys.

[Steve]

Thanks StormWarning1. 1933 and 1936 are interesting & high activity years with serious concentration in and around the Gulf. Should ex10 make its way over and get a name, we'd be at 8 still in August. I'm thinking there's gotta be 1 TS in September and maybe 1 in October (as per usual), so we're going to be close.

Steve