2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season Running Thread

[Driftwood]

Heck, there are still places in that part of Duplin County you can still see the signs. Of course, a lot of those folks didn't have the resources to recover well.

 

[Twirling Time]

"Happy" happy. WU SZN.

Last year was stupid in spite of El Niño. When the oceans are boiling, an ordinary storm can dial up to a Cat 5 in no time.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Early hurricane season forecast suggests extremely high number of storms

Early forecasts for the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season suggest it could be extreme, perhaps even record-breaking.
Colorado State University, a prominent hurricane and tropical weather forecast center, released its predictions on Thursday: 11 hurricanes, five of which are expected to become Category 3, 4 or 5, meaning they'd have wind speeds of at least 111 mph. Overall, the researchers anticipate 23 named storms this season.
An average Atlantic hurricane season has 14 named storms, seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes (Category 3 or above), according to the National Hurricane Center.

The two main reasons forecasters expect the coming season — which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30 — to be so far above average are extreme levels of Atlantic Ocean heat and a seasonal switch to La Niña, a natural pattern of variability. Ocean temperatures have been record-high for a year, which makes powerful storms more likely and can enable them to intensify more quickly.
The Colorado forecast says there is a 62% chance that a major hurricane strikes the U.S. coastline, which is about 19% higher than the baseline.

"Colorado State University, a prominent hurricane and tropical weather forecast center," has to be one of the great non-sequiturs in academia. Sounds like "the University of Miami, a prominent predictor of blizzards, ..."

 

[Slacker]

"Meanwhile, in America, the bedrock of a free and benevolent society ... "

 

[Driftwood]

"Happy" happy. WU SZN.

Last year was stupid in spite of El Niño. When the oceans are boiling, an ordinary storm can dial up to a Cat 5 in no time.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...cane-season-2024-danger/73889241007/?tbref=hp

"The whole tropical Atlantic is warmer than its ever been for this time of year," McNoldy told USA TODAY on Thursday. It's sitting at temperatures normally not seen until mid-August. And, "the Caribbean is going crazy."

 

[Neutral Corner]

I miss being able to get to the salt water quickly for an impulse fishing trip, but I'm grateful that my home is not anywhere close to the gulf.

Sad but true.

 

[Slacker]

 

[Liut]

I miss being able to get to the salt water quickly for an impulse fishing trip, but I'm grateful that my home is not anywhere close to the gulf.

Sad but true.

Me, too. Miss living on the water.
Katrina was the end.

 

[Neutral Corner]

I've been four hours or so from the salt water for thirty plus years now. When I lived in Houston, I could jump on I-10 and be wade fishing the flats at Anhuac in 45 minutes or so. Galveston was a bit farther, but I did a good bit of fishing around there. Been quite a while for me. /sad

 

[BTExpress]

And we're off . . .

Atlantic season's first tropical storm, Alberto, forms over the Gulf

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Just in time for my week at Gulf Shores!

 

[dixiehack]

Just in time for my week at Gulf Shores!

The jellyfish are your bigger concern there. Well that and the entire Midwest creating traffic jams all the way down.