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Predictions for year 2022 - mainly for entertainment purposes

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Totals for Atlantic hurricane season: 19 (sub)tropical cyclones, 16 nameable storms, 8 hurricanes, 3 major (ACE=105) Totals for East Pacific hurricane season: 27 (sub)tropical cyclones, 25 nameable storms, 11 hurricanes, 5 major (ACE=111) Totals for Central Pacific hurricane season: 6 tropical cyclones, 4 nameable storms, 3 hurricanes, 3 major Totals for Pacific typhoon season: 31 storms, 15 typhoons, 3 super typhoons (JTWC count) Totals for North Indian Ocean cyclone season: 3 storms, no hurricane-equivalent (JTWC count) Two (sub)tropical storms in Mediterranean, of which one will be hurricane No (sub)tropical cyclones in Baltic Sea State of Niño 3.4: becoming neutral in AMJ, weak El Niño in JAS Arctic sea ice minimum: 5.01 million km² Global annual average temperature: 1.04 degrees Celsius above 20th century average (0.04 degrees above the record from 2016) Circle coloration scheme Individual storm tracks in North Atlantic Tropical Storm ALEX   Tropical Storm BONNIE   ...

Verification of East Pacific ghost storm tracks of June-July 2021

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 I falsely detected (sub)tropical cyclogenesis in East Pacific (north of equator and east of 140 degrees west) 17 times in June thru July of 2021. Tracks were made of 8 systems. In the calculations, crossover from Atlantic as a tropical cyclone is considered equal to formation. Crossover to Atlantic is considered equal to dissipation. Exiting the East Pacific tracking map through its left edge is also considered equal to dissipation. At the lead time of 1 day ( 24 hours), there was 1 false detection. At the lead time of 2 days ( 48 hours), there were 2 false detections. At the lead time of 3 days ( 72 hours), there was 1 false detection. At the lead time of 4 days ( 96 hours), there were 2 false detections. At the lead time of 5 days ( 120 hours), there was 1 false detection. At the lead time of 6 days ( 144 hours), there was 1 false detection. At the lead time of 7 days ( 168 hours), there were 0 false detections. At the lead time of 8 days ...