The document summarizes hurricane data from the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, which was the most active season on record. It discusses that there were 27 named storms, 14 hurricanes, 7 major hurricanes, and 4 category 5 hurricanes. 7 named storms made landfall in the United States. The document then shows visualizations of monthly US streamflow data from June to October 2005 and instructs the viewer to compare the streamflow patterns to the timing and paths of the 7 storms.

1. 2005 Atlantic Hurricanes and U.S. Streamflow Data Visualizations Image credit: NCDC/NOAA

3. Tropical Storm Arlene Path Track Detroit, Michigan Pensacola, Florida

4. Hurricane Cindy

5. Hurricane Dennis

6. Hurricane Katrina

7. Hurricane Rita

8. Tropical Storm Tammy

10. National Climate Data Center, NOAA – August 21, 2006 http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2005/hurricanes05.html PAUSE THE PRESENTATION IF NECESSARY Picture the previous seven visualizations as you copy the data in the table below: Continue the presentation when ready ... You will compare this data to that appearing in the following series of visualizations:

12. JUNE

15. JULY

30. AUGUST

33. SEPTEMBER

47. OCTOBER