Dec 9 and storms brought to you by the letter P

[senorpepr]

Another name down... Peter. If the unimaginable happens, again, Rose would be the next name. Changes are, the next name will used during the summer of 2004. That name would be Alex. Nonetheless... here's the data for Dec 9 and "P" named storms.

Below is a breakdown of what storms were active on Dec 9 between 1995 and 2003. (Note: storm numbers in parenthesis had been finalled out by NHC prior to Dec 9) If applicable, there is a listing of what date the "P" storm developed on. At the end the list is the 30 year average ('74-'03).

Please Note: The start dates of the P-storm are when these systems were tropical depressions.

Active Storms on December 9, followed by the date the P-storm formed.

03: 21; Dec 9
02: (14); n/a
01: (17); n/a
00: (18); n/a
99: (16); n/a
98: (14); n/a
97: (8); n/a
96: (13); n/a
95: (21); Oct 4
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Average TD on Dec 9: 10.73 ('03: above average by 9.27 TDs)
Average Date for P-storm*: Nov 6

* P-storm occurred 6.67% of the time in the past 30 years.

Note: The following "30-yr averages" encompass the years 2002-1973

TS YTD vs 30yr Seasonal Average: 16 vs 9.80 (+6.20)
HR YTD vs 30yr Seasonal Average: 6 vs 5.77 (+0.23)
Major HR YTD vs 30yr Seasonal Average: 3 vs 2.13 (+0.87)

[cycloneye]

Thank you Mike for bringing those important stats that are helpful to all to know about the history of the past seasons.

[senorpepr]

I try... although there really isn't much data this late in the season, especially for such an active season.