2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season Running Thread

It's 15 minutes from Tahoe.

 

Took y’all long enough.

 

THIS BOARD IS SLIPPING!

 

People have been banned for less!

 

First hurricane of the season in Don. Thankfully, it's a fish storm.

 

Here's hoping Don becomes the Sharperson of the season.

 

They can all keep their butts in Africa or be fish storms as far as I'm concerned. Bring on El Nino and wind shear.

 

BATS:

El Niño 1, Boiling Gulf 0, second inning.

 

Vamanos El Nino!

https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/n...c-hurricane-season-prediction-to-above-normal

Scientists at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center — a division of the National Weather Service — have increased their prediction for the ongoing 2023 Atlantic hurricane season from a near-normal level of activity to an above-normal level of activity with today’s update. Forecasters believe that current ocean and atmospheric conditions, such as record-warm Atlantic sea surface temperatures, are likely to counterbalance the usually limiting atmospheric conditions associated with the ongoing El Nino event.

NOAA’s update to the 2023 outlook — which covers the entire six-month hurricane season that ends on Nov. 30 — calls for 14-21 named storms (winds of 39 mph or greater), of which 6-11 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or greater). Of those, 2-5 could become major hurricanes (winds of 111 mph or greater). NOAA provides these ranges with a 70% confidence. These updated ranges include storms that have already formed this season.

 

Things are starting to pick up, unfortunately.

 

In all seriousness, I can't remember the last time it rained here. Best guess is more than three weeks. Coupled with temps consistently above 100 during that span, and we're baking. Bring on a good old tropical storm.

 

Uhhhh, yeah. No. I'd be more than happy to send you some rain. We are saturated to the point that in eight days of school starting, we had missed a day, got dismissed two hours early, and started two hours late because of flooding.
We are mowing grass at 4 hours a pop twice a week just to stay on top of it.
If it doesn't rain another drop for the next month, I won't miss it.