Posted on 05/03/2023 2:25:13 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA
Forecasters expect a hurricane season similar to 2017, one of the worst and most costly on record.
After two years of relatively mild hurricane seasons, 2023 will see above-average hurricane activity, researchers predict.
The forecasters expect the number of major hurricanes this year to be similar to 2017, which saw the extremely intense hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.
Since 2014, hurricane activity has been accurately predicted by a model created by Xubin Zeng, a professor of hydrology and atmospheric sciences at the University of Arizona, and his former graduate student Kyle Davis.
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I could have sworn that a thread from a couple of weeks ago predicted a less-than-normal activity prediction. Do they think we’re stupid?
They work for the insurance companies to keep those rates up ( if you can even get insurance)
Is it gonna rain Friday?
They haven’t predicted squat accurately in decades.
This is the equivalent of B roll.
They say the same thing every year.
It is one of the few down side things about living in Florida.
Joe Bastardi and Weatherbell weigh in on the subject...
https://www.weatherbell.com/april-hurricane-impact-forecast
I trust Bastardi.
Bastardi is definitely a more sane meteorologist.
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