Posted on 05/13/2010 10:54:15 AM PDT by Patriot1259
STATE COLLEGE, PA -- AccuWeather.com reports the upcoming hurricane season could be a top ten year, a stark contrast from the relatively calm 2009 season.
AccuWeather.com Chief Hurricane Meteorologist Joe Bastardi predicts a total of 16-18 storms this season. To put that in perspective, only eight years in the 160 years of records have had 16 or more storms in a season.
The season should start early with one or two threats by early July, and stay late with additional threats extending well into October.
His forecast team expects at least six storms to impact the United States coastline--slightly more than one out of every three. In a normal year, one out of every five named storms (20 percent) in the Atlantic basin impacts the United States. In the 2005 season, 36 percent of the storms affected the United States, while 50 percent impacted the U.S. in 1998 and 2008. "From the standpoint of number of storm threats from the tropics to the U.S. coastline, we will at least rival 2008, and in the extreme case, this season could end up in a category only exceeded by 2005," Bastardi said.
(Excerpt) Read more at thecypresstimes.com ...
These people have no clue. None.
State Farm is pulling out of Florida - my insurance ends in October... I assume we’ll have the freak November storm...
Good timing; fellow Virginia FReepers, the tax-free week for stocking up on storm supplies runs May 25-31. Check your local papers for a list of eligible items.
Tropical Storm Warning
Hurricane Watch
Tropical Storm Watch
Tropical Depression
Tropical Disturbance
Tropical Cloudy and Windy Advisory
Tropical Big Black Cloud Warning
Tropical Drizzle Watch
Deja vu?
The Atlantic has a hurricane season? Who knew? Seriously though, where are the tracking charts? When I lived in Louisiana, I was able to download and print charts for Katrina and Rita, and get Hurricane Andrew charts at the quickie mart. When I lived in PA and there was a Cat 5 headed our way, (it turned and downgraded), I couldn’t find one on the net or anywhere at all.
If I wanted to, I could find nearly identical stories quoting NOAA and AccuWeather and The Weather Channel for every year since 2005. Ooooh, SCARY hurricane season!
Isnt that about like guessing your weight at the county fair?
Wouldn’t a nice choppy hurricane in the Gulf help to break up the oil slick?
>> Isn’t this what they said about last year?
Yeah. And the year before that. And the year before that. And the year before THAT.
They have all of the credibility of... well, *weathermen*.
Globull warming motivates them to keep BSing, so don’t look for a “clearing trend” anytime soon.
If ducks had halos, they could pass for angels too..
AccuWeather Rolls the dice..
So funny!
Every year is now predicted to be a top hurricane year.
There really should be a website to log these predictions; and then the actual results posted as they occur.
And it also could NOT!
(and my statement is 100% as ACCURATE as theirs)
wait wait!!~! and let me guess... GLOBAL WARMING (or the new, more fashionable CLIMATE CHANGE) is to blame!
(did I get it right?)
Wasn’t 2006 suppose to be a really bad year following 2005?
Like we should just keep getting more hurricanes every year due to global warming?
How about snow in Vermont last weekend. Was that due to global warming too?
Tropical Big Black Cloud Warning
Tropical Drizzle Watch
You need to add:
Tropical Itching and Burning Warning
The oil slick would break up the hurricane. But in general the calmer the weather, the easier it is to contain the oil.
Best forecast ever. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdoYXdcqT54&NR=1
Would that result from fungus from a tropical climate or skankatosis?
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