UD C 651.515.23: 651.506.1 (261+263)“1970” ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON OF 1970
A general overview of the 1970 hurricane season in the North Atlantic is presented together with detailed accounts of all named tropical cyclones and certain subtropical or hybrid storms. 1. GENERAL SUMMARY The 1970 hurricane season, in some respects similar to that of 1968, produced very few named...
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| Summary: | A general overview of the 1970 hurricane season in the North Atlantic is presented together with detailed accounts of all named tropical cyclones and certain subtropical or hybrid storms. 1. GENERAL SUMMARY The 1970 hurricane season, in some respects similar to that of 1968, produced very few named storms in the Atlantic but a bumper crop in the eastern Pacific. However, the opportunity for tropical storm development in terms of the number of seedling disturbances that crossed the tropical Atlantic differed little over the past 3 yr. In 1969, it will be rec,alled, there was an abundance of hurricanes in the Atlantic but fewer than normal in the eastern Pacific. Of the seven named Atlantic storms of 1970, only three reached hurricane intensity; and only Celia brought |
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