A total of 71 storms were named across the four Northern Hemisphere cyclone basins this season. Thirty-five of these systems became hurricanes of which 20 became major hurricanes. Total Accumulated Cyclone Energy was 585.3. A named storm is a tropical cyclone which has sustained wind speeds of 39mph or stronger. These

With the start of a new month we start to look at different values for our forecast parameters when it comes to talking about "average conditions". Below follow the average UK climate maps for the month of January from the Met Office for the time period 1981-2010. Note that this is