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ScriptOhio
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For the record, NOAA prediction: 4 to 6 catagory 3 strength or higher hurricanes.
Busy Atlantic season could bring up to 10 hurricanes
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(CNN) -- The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be an active one, with up to 10 of the big storms, the National Hurricane Center announced Monday.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted that four to six of those hurricanes could reach Category 3 strength or higher -- with maximum sustained winds topping 111 mph.
NOAA predicts 13 to 16 named storms this season, which runs from June 1 to November 30. Eight to 10 of those storms are expected to reach hurricane strength.A storm gets a name when it reaches tropical storm strength, with maximum sustained winds of 39 mph. It becomes a hurricane when its winds reach 74 mph.
NOAA administrator, retired Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, said that warmer sea surface temperatures, low wind shear and other wind conditions are favorable to hurricane development.
Wind shear, which is a change in air movement at different heights, can block the formation of hurricanes or make them weaker.
Lautenbacher said that it was too early to predict how many storms would make landfall, but said that "it is statistically within reason to assume that two to four hurricanes could affect the United States."
The Atlantic Basin has been in an active hurricane cycle that began in 1995, and nine of the 11 hurricane seasons since then have been above normal, according to NOAA. There were so many storms in 2005, that the National Weather Service had to use Greek letters when it used up its list of 21 names.
This season is not expected to be as busy as last year, the busiest and deadliest on record with 28 named storms, including 15 hurricanes. But forecasters and emergency officials urged people to make preparations now.
"It's not all about the numbers, it just takes one hurricane over your house to make for a bad year," said Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center.
Four Category 3 storms -- Dennis, Katrina, Rita and Wilma -- hit the U.S. in 2005.
Hurricane Katrina's strong winds and heavy waves devastated the Gulf Coast in late August.
The storm and resulting flooding caused more than 1,300 deaths and an estimated $100 billion in damage, making it the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history, according to the National Climatic Data Center.
The World Meteorological Organization retired five storm names from the 2005 season: Dennis, Katrina, Rita, Stan and Wilma.
Stan dumped torrential rains on Central America and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, killing as many as 2,000 people.
Names are retired out of sensitivity to the victims, and for historical, scientific and legal purposes.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/05/22/2006.hurricane.season/index.html
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Busy Atlantic season could bring up to 10 hurricanes
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(CNN) -- The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be an active one, with up to 10 of the big storms, the National Hurricane Center announced Monday.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted that four to six of those hurricanes could reach Category 3 strength or higher -- with maximum sustained winds topping 111 mph.
NOAA predicts 13 to 16 named storms this season, which runs from June 1 to November 30. Eight to 10 of those storms are expected to reach hurricane strength.A storm gets a name when it reaches tropical storm strength, with maximum sustained winds of 39 mph. It becomes a hurricane when its winds reach 74 mph.
NOAA administrator, retired Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, said that warmer sea surface temperatures, low wind shear and other wind conditions are favorable to hurricane development.
Wind shear, which is a change in air movement at different heights, can block the formation of hurricanes or make them weaker.
Lautenbacher said that it was too early to predict how many storms would make landfall, but said that "it is statistically within reason to assume that two to four hurricanes could affect the United States."
The Atlantic Basin has been in an active hurricane cycle that began in 1995, and nine of the 11 hurricane seasons since then have been above normal, according to NOAA. There were so many storms in 2005, that the National Weather Service had to use Greek letters when it used up its list of 21 names.
This season is not expected to be as busy as last year, the busiest and deadliest on record with 28 named storms, including 15 hurricanes. But forecasters and emergency officials urged people to make preparations now.
"It's not all about the numbers, it just takes one hurricane over your house to make for a bad year," said Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center.
Four Category 3 storms -- Dennis, Katrina, Rita and Wilma -- hit the U.S. in 2005.
Hurricane Katrina's strong winds and heavy waves devastated the Gulf Coast in late August.
The storm and resulting flooding caused more than 1,300 deaths and an estimated $100 billion in damage, making it the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history, according to the National Climatic Data Center.
The World Meteorological Organization retired five storm names from the 2005 season: Dennis, Katrina, Rita, Stan and Wilma.
Stan dumped torrential rains on Central America and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, killing as many as 2,000 people.
Names are retired out of sensitivity to the victims, and for historical, scientific and legal purposes.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/05/22/2006.hurricane.season/index.html
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martinss01
blissfully stupid
how about a vbet on the accepted estimate on property damage done? how much the storms increase fuel prices? how many people are displaced? how many people die?
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scooter1369
HTTR Forever.
That's a great idea. How about the loss of pets/cars/erosion.
Or the other direction the increase in crime/insurance premiums/insurance fraud.
Great Ideas.
oh wait. You were being facetious, weren't you? aw snap.:tongue2:
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Even the larger hurricanes that went right over Tallahassee last year were knocked down to just above Tropical Depression strength before hitting us.
The thunderstorms you get in Ohio are usually worse than a beaten down hurricane.
The thunderstorms you get in Ohio are usually worse than a beaten down hurricane.
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LoKyBuckeye
I give up. This board is too hard to understand.
it's been raining since about 2AM here in Sarasota... we had reports of 4 feet of standing water downtown. Doesn't look like we'll get much wind but we are getting a good amount of rain. It looks like it will pass North of us and continue towards Tampa. It's been crazy around today... our weather guy has been running his ass off... can't image what it will be like when a big one comes this way.
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scooter1369
HTTR Forever.
My little brother over in Palm Coast couldn't wait for this thing. He hasn't mowed in a month and his grass is dead
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scooter1369
HTTR Forever.
My brother got 3 inches of rain and lost power for 2 hours. yippee
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