Hurricane Season Forecast: Colorado State University Predicts Below-Average Activity

Olly

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Rep Dom

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ok mira, I remember last year all the genius forecasters asserted that 2013 was to be a frantic hurricane season...
And what happened, nada... It was very quiet
So...
 
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I find it rather strange that hurricane surveys would be done by any institution in Colorado.
There are no volcano researching organizations in Kansas, igloo-building is never studied in Honolulu, Puerto Rico is not a focal point for sleet studies.
 

Olly

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Update on 2014 forescast

A New report by Nasa suggests that El Nino will be big this year. for those in DR1 with the interest here is the link : El Ni?o: Is 2014 the new 1997? - NASA Science
Have a look at the animation!
Quite what this means for the DR in terms of Tropicl Storms and Hurricanes in unclear but the situation is likened to 1997 so perhaps look at the year for some insight.

A link to the archives on hurricanes suggest that it will be a light year :
Unisys Weather - 1997 Hurricane/Tropical Data for Atlantic

Olly and the Team
 
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jstarebel

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Personally, I don't think too much of the forcasters ability to forcast the number of named storms. I consider the entire Caribbean lucky last year. I never even had to pull out my hurricane gear but this year, I've got 200ft of new BBB chain coming and new chafing gear for my lines. Considering that the water temperature is a huge factor with hurricanes and that its already 30.1 degrees celsius, I'm preparing ahead of time. It was too quiet last year, and I just don't believe that it will be quiet a second year.
 

bronzeallspice

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They are predicting a quiet year? Watch this year be the mother of all mothers.:tired:
 

jstarebel

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Go for it fish.. put me down for 12 named storms.

Montserrat Iis no longer bellowing ash, and the ocean is already getting warm.
 

dv8

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Maybe we should have a pool here on DR1 as to who can guess the closest to how many hurricanes and named storms etc we gonna have.
Der Fish

we'll get up until letter P. i predict few occasional deaths and at least 3,000 damnificados.
 

Hillbilly

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Until Mike Fisher chimes in, all this is academic...
Right now, Santiago is getting drenched by rains, really heavy rains. I am sort of sure you will real all about it in tomorrow's
newspapers...it is REALLY raining.

I do hope some of this is falling on lands that are horribly dry...the North Coast and to the west.

Blessings folks

Calling Mike Fisher!!


HB
 

windeguy

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The DRopping rain washed out the DRopouts performance in Cabarete at Kahunas. Very heavy DRenching rain at times. Nothing at the moment.
 

LTSteve

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Hurricane season is nearly upon us and forecasts have been coming out recently. Here is the link to Colorado state University Forecast : Hurricane Season Forecast: Colorado State University Predicts Below-Average Activity in 2014 | Weather Underground

The 2014 hurricane season is expected to have a below average number of named storms and hurricanes, according to Dr. Phillip J. Klotzbach and Dr. William Gray of Colorado State University (CSU).

Olly and the Team

As Jimmy Buffet once said "there is no reason with hurricane season. Good luck with that.
 

MikeFisher

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MoFo darn computer ?$"&/$?"? shi.t.
since over a week i can not send any message on DR1, tried everything including almost pushing the PC under water on the beach for a few seconds tro get its head clear.
so this one is now a message to check if it works now, if i can post something on the board again now.
in case not, the ones living on the east will hear that and will not need the speakers of their computer to do so.

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