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As an "aspiring climatologist", I was not surprised that the 2005 active Carribean season was not repeated in 2006. I can remember the active 2004 typhoon season (while living in Japan), which was not as strongly followed later. But this year might be very active again somewhere... I expect rude suprises.

Were the Arab-Persian coasts known for extreme cyclone activity before?

Hearing about the weather back in Europe, sometimes I hardly recognize what I know... How is the weather in France now, by the way?

by das monde on Wed Jun 6th, 2007 at 02:12:07 AM EST
the arabian sea generally has very low cyclone activity, this is a really freakish storm. oman generally gets about 4" of rain a year, and reports are that they may get 40" over the next day or two.

dunno about france, but we've got unseasonably lovely high 70s/low 80s and breezy weather here in california.

(apologies to all for the lack of metric, but the american public school system abandoned it after 1st grade, and all i ended up learning was that my pinkie finger was about a centimeter wide).

by wu ming on Wed Jun 6th, 2007 at 02:23:24 AM EST
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If you want your figures to mean anything to a metric reader, you may want to go to, say, http://www.worldwidemetric.com/metcal.htm :
4" becomes 10cm. and 75°F becomes 24°C.
by balbuz on Wed Jun 6th, 2007 at 02:54:05 AM EST
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Were the Arab-Persian coasts known for extreme cyclone activity before?  

This cyclone is unprecedented.  First in known history.  

by Gaianne on Wed Jun 6th, 2007 at 04:54:07 AM EST
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Stormy passages followed by cool, rainy spells. Due to improve over the coming weekend.

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Jun 6th, 2007 at 12:22:43 PM EST
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