2. HURRICANE (TYPHOON) DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS FOR HURRICANE DEVELOPMENT: 1. OCEAN TEMPERATURE MUST EXCEED 27EC WARM WATER PROVIDES THE ENERGY SOURCE FOR THE SUSTENANCE OF THE HURRICANE 2. LATITUDE MUST BE > 4 E N BUT < 15 E (WATER IS TOO COLD > 15 E) 3. WARM WATER MUST REACH DEPTHS OF ~ 100 M I.E. ENERGY STORED NEEDED TO SUSTAIN STORM

3. Atlantic hurricanes often develop off Cape Verde or in Caribbean or Gulf of Mexico. Typhoons are Pacific Hurricanes.

5. HURRICANES ARE A HEAT ENGINE, TRANSFERRING HEAT FROM THE OCEAN TO THE ATMOSPHERE. HEAT COMES IN VIA WARM WATER AND IS EXHAUSTED OUT THE TOP INTO THE UPPER TROPOSPHERE AND LOWER STRATOSPHERE. SOME AIR SINKS INTO THE EYE OF THE STORM CREATING CLEAR AND CALM CONDITIONS.

6. DIVERGENCE

8. WIND SPEED PROFILE ACROSS A TYPICAL HURRICANE EYE

9. Highest winds and greatest tidal surge occur to the side with both forward and circular wind velocity adding together.

10. CHANGED OCEAN LEVELS DURING APPROACH OF A HURRICANE (NORTHSIDE)

11. Hurricane Katrina may now be third on this list in loss of life.

12. RADAR ECHOES SHOWING RAINFALL IN H. ANDREW

13. RICHELIEU APARTMENTS BEFORE H. CAMILLE

14. RICHELIEU APARTMENTS AFTER H. CAMILLE

15. Hurricane Isabel CLOUD HEIGHTS AROUND H. ISABEL: ORANGE HIGHEST (COLDEST)

16. PROJECTED PATH IS UNCERTAIN

17. CONTINENTAL WEATHER PATTERNS INFLUENCE TRACKS OF HURRICANES

20. TS Alpha, and on 31 October, 2005, Hurricane Beta and eventually, Hurricane Gamma formed. This was the all time record TS and Hurricane season for the Atlantic since 1851.