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US forecasters predict busy 2011 hurricane season
Yahoo ^ | 4/6/11 | AFP

Posted on 04/06/2011 9:50:53 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

MIAMI (AFP) – Last year's record hurricane season will be followed by another unusually busy one, with 16 named storms expected this year, US weather forecasters predicted on Wednesday.

Forecasters at Colorado State University are predicting that nine of the named storms that form in the Atlantic will develop into hurricanes.

"We expect that anomalously warm tropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures combined with neutral tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures will contribute to an active season," said Phil Klotzbach of CSU's Tropical Meteorology Project.

Weather-watchers at CSU said the unusually busy hurricane activity expected this year, like last year's record storm season, is caused by the arrival of La Nina, the atmospheric force that promotes hurricane formation.

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To: NormsRevenge

“...with 16 named storms expected this year...”

With every puny storm getting named now, so that The Weather Channel has something to hype for a few days, it’s not surprising that we get this forecast every year. Nothing of consequence happened last year, even though there were 19 named storms. However, the National Weather Service did manage to mess up several holidays for coastal businesses with their scare tactics, costing businesses thousands.


21 posted on 04/06/2011 10:46:37 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: kittymyrib

Either last year or 2009, they were naming tropical depressions.


22 posted on 04/06/2011 10:53:07 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (TX and MI - When the going gets tough, the dims run and hide.)
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To: fredhead

Thanks Fredhead!


23 posted on 04/06/2011 11:13:19 AM PDT by Dacula (Proud husband of a Breast Cancer survivor.)
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To: goseminoles

And the year before.


24 posted on 04/06/2011 11:14:00 AM PDT by Politicalmom ("We are an 'entitlement' society and we need to move towards being an 'empowerment' society"-H. Cain)
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To: kittymyrib

“Nothing of consequence happened last year, even though there were 19 named storms”

Two storms were retired last year. I would hardly consider that “Nothing”.


25 posted on 04/06/2011 12:35:29 PM PDT by NorthStarStateConservative (I'm just another disabled naturalized minority vegan pro life conservative.)
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To: abb; abbi_normal_2; aberaussie; alancarp; Alas Babylon!; Alia; Alice in Wonderland; ...
Eight weeks until the start of hurricane season...the first CSU predictions:

Sixteen named storms;
Nine hurricanes;
Five major hurricanes;
47% chance of a major hurricane making landfall along the Gulf Coast
between Brownsville, Texas and the Florida Panhandle.


On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here-->

26 posted on 04/06/2011 3:23:32 PM PDT by NautiNurse (ObamaCare uses Bernie Madoff theory of economics)
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To: NautiNurse

It only takes one strong Hurricane to mess up a section of coast.

I’ll pray for a slow boring season.


27 posted on 04/06/2011 3:45:10 PM PDT by PeteB570 (Islam is the sea in which the terrorist shark swims. It aids & comforts the shark on it's journey.)
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To: NautiNurse

Thanks for the heads up NautiNurse. Hoping for a very BORING hurricane season......and wishing that my son who moved to New Orleans 3 years ago would come HOME!


28 posted on 04/06/2011 3:54:53 PM PDT by VirginiaMom
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To: NautiNurse

Bump to calmness....


29 posted on 04/06/2011 3:57:07 PM PDT by blam
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To: NautiNurse

Thanks for the ping.


30 posted on 04/06/2011 4:03:34 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Time to beat the swords of government tyranny into the plowshares of freedom.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
The USA has not had a hurricane make landfall since Hurricane Ike in 2008.

What is your source for this?

Tried to check it out but Google is not responding - actually everything online is slow today.

31 posted on 04/06/2011 4:07:35 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/01...NEVER FORGET.)
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To: NautiNurse

CARBON COPY OF LAST YEARS PREDICTIONS


32 posted on 04/06/2011 4:16:54 PM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen (They do not wish to govern us, they wish to RULE us!)
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To: Churchillspirit

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/hurricanes/2010-11-29-hurricanes29_ST_N.htm


33 posted on 04/06/2011 4:34:54 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FreeRepublic. Now, More Than Ever.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Thanks for the link.....very interesting.


34 posted on 04/06/2011 4:42:04 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/01...NEVER FORGET.)
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To: NautiNurse
are they ever correct?

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35 posted on 04/06/2011 4:57:51 PM PDT by Elle Bee
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To: Elle Bee

Last season was accurately predicted as busy. It’s difficult to think of 2010 as a busy season when most of the storms were Atlantic fish. There’s busy, then there is 2004/2005 OMG scary busy.


36 posted on 04/06/2011 5:08:08 PM PDT by NautiNurse (ObamaCare uses Bernie Madoff theory of economics)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
The USA has not had a hurricane make landfall since Hurricane Ike in 2008.

... and the rebuilding from Ike continues to this day.

37 posted on 04/06/2011 7:51:40 PM PDT by girlscout
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To: NautiNurse
Eight weeks until the start of hurricane season

I'm not ready to hear this. la-la-la-la-la

38 posted on 04/06/2011 7:57:33 PM PDT by girlscout
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To: NautiNurse

Down one from the end of the year estimate, or at least that is what was said on the radio today.


39 posted on 04/06/2011 9:16:39 PM PDT by SouthTexas (Tea time!)
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To: dfwgator
You want to take bets on when they revise it downwards? I'll say "August 6th".

When betting on the number of hurricanes, ALWAYS take the "under".

40 posted on 04/07/2011 9:32:13 AM PDT by wbill
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