The image above illustrates an extremely "stormy" period as measured by centers of vertical motion associated with a series of alternating high pressure and low pressure systems (red and blue respectively). This picture (from 00 UTC (7pm EST) on February 2^nd 1998) was during an extreme El Nino event. Here, five low pressure centers, or extratropical cyclones, extend from the western Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico to Spain. As discussed in the ENSO/Florida Climate background section, this very active, southern storm track can occur during extreme El Nino events (as in the event of 97/98). In this case, Florida would experience the passage of a relatively strong low pressure center every three days or so, which is considered an extreme level of storminess.