Hi all,
Not sure where to post this, mods feel free to move as you see fit.
My son has always been mad keen on his meteorology, especially the severe stuff as you might expect. He's noticed something. It would appear that if the Pacific has a quiet hurricane season, then the Atlantic will have a busy one and vice-versa. He's been back through the last 30 years and with just a couple of exceptions this theory holds true, see the graph attached:
Is he on to something here? Has the correlation already been spotted and studied? It seems to be glaringly obvious I must say.
And what would we conclude? Is there a finite amount of energy available during any given hurricane season? And what implications does this have with regards to the "drivers" (eg. Solar energy, SST's, moisture content)?
He's done a good job researching this and I'm inclined to suggest he looks into it further.
Any thoughts?
Steve M