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Re: Expert Forecasts for 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season

#21 Postby SFLcane » Wed Apr 04, 2018 12:29 pm

crownweather wrote:Our "Official" 2018 Hurricane Season Forecast is out at http://crownweather.com/index.php/discussions/2018-atlantic-caribbean-gulf-of-mexico-hurricane-season-forecast/. A summary of what I'm thinking:

- Near Average Season with an ACE of 100 & the following numbers: 14 Storms, 7 Hurricanes & 3 Major Hurricanes.
- May or Early June western Atlantic Tropical Development.
- Warm Neutral ENSO or even a Weak El Nino developing later in the season.
- Area From North Carolina To Southern New England has a significant risk this season of a tropical storm/hurricane threat/landfall based on the overall pattern & using analog data.
- Also have concerns for the Eastern/Northeast Gulf of Mexico for tropical cyclone threats.
- The Caribbean Sea may be inactive this year due to higher than average shear & a slowly developing El Nino.



Soooo this sounds quite similar to joe b's outlook in terms of impacts this season. Its a guessing game to try to pin point down any threat areas 3-4 months out from the meat of the season. I'd say any kind of el-nino is highly unlikely this season i'am afraid so we shall see.
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Re: Expert Forecasts for 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season: Comming up on April 5 (CSU / TSR)

#22 Postby wxman57 » Wed Apr 04, 2018 3:32 pm

Phil Klotbach will be broadcasting his outlook live from down here on S. Padre Island at the National Tropical Weather Conference tomorrow at 9am CDT. Here's the link:

https://www.facebook.com/NTWC2018
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Re: Expert Forecasts for 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season

#23 Postby TheStormExpert » Wed Apr 04, 2018 6:17 pm

crownweather wrote:Our "Official" 2018 Hurricane Season Forecast is out at http://crownweather.com/index.php/discussions/2018-atlantic-caribbean-gulf-of-mexico-hurricane-season-forecast/. A summary of what I'm thinking:

- Near Average Season with an ACE of 100 & the following numbers: 14 Storms, 7 Hurricanes & 3 Major Hurricanes.
- May or Early June western Atlantic Tropical Development.
- Warm Neutral ENSO or even a Weak El Nino developing later in the season.
- Area From North Carolina To Southern New England has a significant risk this season of a tropical storm/hurricane threat/landfall based on the overall pattern & using analog data.
- Also have concerns for the Eastern/Northeast Gulf of Mexico for tropical cyclone threats.
- The Caribbean Sea may be inactive this year due to higher than average shear & a slowly developing El Nino.

What are your analog seasons?
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Re: Expert Forecasts for 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season

#24 Postby crownweather » Wed Apr 04, 2018 7:14 pm

TheStormExpert wrote:
crownweather wrote:Our "Official" 2018 Hurricane Season Forecast is out at http://crownweather.com/index.php/discussions/2018-atlantic-caribbean-gulf-of-mexico-hurricane-season-forecast/. A summary of what I'm thinking:

- Near Average Season with an ACE of 100 & the following numbers: 14 Storms, 7 Hurricanes & 3 Major Hurricanes.
- May or Early June western Atlantic Tropical Development.
- Warm Neutral ENSO or even a Weak El Nino developing later in the season.
- Area From North Carolina To Southern New England has a significant risk this season of a tropical storm/hurricane threat/landfall based on the overall pattern & using analog data.
- Also have concerns for the Eastern/Northeast Gulf of Mexico for tropical cyclone threats.
- The Caribbean Sea may be inactive this year due to higher than average shear & a slowly developing El Nino.

What are your analog seasons?


Top analog years are 1960, 2003 and 1956.

Also, used the following analog years as well - 1985, 1996, 2011, 1976, 1958, 1989, 1984, 1954, 2006, 1975 and 1951.
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Re: Expert Forecasts for 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season: Coming up on April 5 (CSU / TSR)

#25 Postby cycloneye » Wed Apr 04, 2018 7:32 pm

The Rob analogs have some Tropical Storms and Hurricanes that had affected Puerto Rico:

1956=Betsy
1960=Donna
1975=Eloise
1989=Hugo
1996=Bertha-Hortense
2011=Irene
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Re: Expert Forecasts for 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season: Coming up on April 5 (CSU / TSR)

#26 Postby WeatherEmperor » Thu Apr 05, 2018 9:13 am

Looks like CSU is going with 14/7/3 on their 4/5/2018 atlantic season update.

Source: https://source.colostate.edu/slightly-a ... -csu-team/

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Re: Expert Forecasts for 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season: Coming up on April 5 (CSU / TSR)

#27 Postby cycloneye » Thu Apr 05, 2018 9:14 am

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Re: Expert Forecasts for 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season: CSU is up / TSR comming shortly

#28 Postby cycloneye » Thu Apr 05, 2018 9:40 am

Analog years by CSU:

1960
1967
1996
2006
2011
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Re: Expert Forecasts for 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season: CSU is up / TSR comming shortly

#29 Postby NotSparta » Thu Apr 05, 2018 9:41 am

Looks like CSU is predicting weak El Nino or warm neutral and a cooler MDR
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Re: Expert Forecasts for 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season: CSU is up / TSR comming shortly

#30 Postby AutoPenalti » Thu Apr 05, 2018 9:58 am

Interestingly enough, they are calling for a cooler MDR.

Not sure how much impact it will have for the season.
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Re: Expert Forecasts for 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season: CSU and TSR are up

#31 Postby cycloneye » Thu Apr 05, 2018 12:04 pm

TSR is up and they are on average season 12/6/2.Main factor for those low numbers are the cool ssts.

Summary:

TSR lowers its forecast and predicts Atlantic hurricane activity in 2018 will be about 15%
below the long-term average. However, forecast uncertainties remain large.
The TSR (Tropical Storm Risk) April forecast update anticipates North Atlantic hurricane activity in
2018 will be slightly below-norm. Based on current and projected climate signals, Atlantic basin tropical
cyclone activity is forecast to be about 15% below the 1950-2017 long-term norm and 25% below the
recent 2008-2017 10-year norm. The forecast spans the period from 1st June to 30th November 2018 and
employs data through to the end of March 2018. The main reason why the TSR forecast for North
Atlantic hurricane activity in 2018 has fallen by 30% since the extended range outlook issued in
December 2017 is the anticipation now for cooler sea surface temperatures during August-September
2018 in the tropical North Atlantic and Caribbean Sea than anticipated previously. However, it should be
stressed that the precision of hurricane outlooks issued in early April is low and that forecast uncertainties
remain large for the 2018 hurricane season.

http://tropicalstormrisk.com/docs/TSRAT ... pr2018.pdf
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Re: Expert Forecasts for 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season: CSU and TSR are up

#32 Postby Shell Mound » Thu Apr 05, 2018 1:32 pm

cycloneye wrote:TSR is up and they are on average season 12/6/2.Main factor for those low numbers are the cool ssts.

Summary:

TSR lowers its forecast and predicts Atlantic hurricane activity in 2018 will be about 15%
below the long-term average. However, forecast uncertainties remain large.
The TSR (Tropical Storm Risk) April forecast update anticipates North Atlantic hurricane activity in
2018 will be slightly below-norm. Based on current and projected climate signals, Atlantic basin tropical
cyclone activity is forecast to be about 15% below the 1950-2017 long-term norm and 25% below the
recent 2008-2017 10-year norm. The forecast spans the period from 1st June to 30th November 2018 and
employs data through to the end of March 2018. The main reason why the TSR forecast for North
Atlantic hurricane activity in 2018 has fallen by 30% since the extended range outlook issued in
December 2017 is the anticipation now for cooler sea surface temperatures during August-September
2018 in the tropical North Atlantic and Caribbean Sea than anticipated previously. However, it should be
stressed that the precision of hurricane outlooks issued in early April is low and that forecast uncertainties
remain large for the 2018 hurricane season.

http://tropicalstormrisk.com/docs/TSRAT ... pr2018.pdf

Good news, Luis. They don't expect any hurricanes to hit the Lesser Antilles in 2018 (see table four, page five). Hope that holds. 8-)
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Re: Expert Forecasts for 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season: Coming up on April 5 (CSU / TSR)

#33 Postby OuterBanker » Thu Apr 05, 2018 2:51 pm

cycloneye wrote:https://i.imgur.com/KqD3dPm.jpg


Cyclone, of equal interest is the landfall probs for 2018. Looks like a general 20% increase for all the zones from what I have quickly scanned.
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Re: Expert Forecasts for 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season: CSU and TSR are up

#34 Postby TheStormExpert » Thu Apr 05, 2018 3:41 pm

CSU with a slightly above average season while TSR goes down to an below average season being predicted. I’d split the difference and call for an average season.
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Re: Expert Forecasts for 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season: CSU and TSR are up

#35 Postby Shell Mound » Fri Apr 06, 2018 9:55 am

Summary of the forecasts and Pro Mets' thoughts thus far:

*On balance, a near-average season. Relatively cool MDR. Warmest SSTs concentrated in Caribbean, Gulf, and subtropical Atlantic.
*Warm neutral ENSO to weak El Niño conditions are most probable by the peak of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season.
*PDO, on balance, is likely to be positive over the long run. +PMM indicates EPAC may be quite active in 2018.
*The NAO may be positive by the peak of the Atlantic season, implying a stronger-than-average subtropical ridge.
*Vertical wind shear may be above average over the Caribbean and MDR. Development favoured in Gulf and subtropics?
*Steering pattern (analogs) may favour threats from the Carolinas to New England. Perhaps the E Gulf may see activity, too.

In short, a less active season than 2017. Threat shifts from Caribbean, W Gulf, and Florida (2017) to the E Gulf and the East Coast north of Georgia (2018).
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Re: Expert Forecasts for 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season: CSU and TSR are up

#36 Postby NotSparta » Fri Apr 06, 2018 10:25 am

Shell Mound wrote:Summary of the forecasts and Pro Mets' thoughts thus far:

*On balance, a near-average season. Relatively cool MDR. Warmest SSTs concentrated in Caribbean, Gulf, and subtropical Atlantic.
*Warm neutral ENSO to weak El Niño conditions are most probable by the peak of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season.
*PDO, on balance, is likely to be positive over the long run. +PMM indicates EPAC may be quite active in 2018.
*The NAO may be positive by the peak of the Atlantic season, implying a stronger-than-average subtropical ridge.
*Vertical wind shear may be above average over the Caribbean and MDR. Development favoured in Gulf and subtropics?
*Steering pattern (analogs) may favour threats from the Carolinas to New England. Perhaps the E Gulf may see activity, too.

In short, a less active season than 2017. Threat shifts from Caribbean, W Gulf, and Florida (2017) to the E Gulf and the East Coast north of Georgia (2018).



Umm, half of these are extremely uncertain
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Re: Expert Forecasts for 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season: CSU and TSR are up

#37 Postby TheStormExpert » Fri Apr 06, 2018 2:41 pm

:uarrow: These April pre-season predictions are kind of silly if you ask me. Likely what you see could happen now won’t actually happen during the peak season. Just take CSU’s April 2017 pre-season forecast calling for a weak-moderate El Niño putting quite a lid on things and supporting only a below average season at best. Of course that didn’t actually happen.
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Re: Expert Forecasts for 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season: CSU and TSR are up

#38 Postby NotSparta » Fri Apr 06, 2018 3:00 pm

TheStormExpert wrote::uarrow: These April pre-season predictions are kind of silly if you ask me. Likely what you see could happen now won’t actually happen during the peak season. Just take CSU’s April 2017 pre-season forecast calling for a weak-moderate El Niño putting quite a lid on things and supporting only a below average season at best. Of course that didn’t actually happen.


Probably one of the reasons NOAA doesn't do forecasts until May
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Re: Expert Forecasts for 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season

#39 Postby TheStormExpert » Fri Apr 06, 2018 8:51 pm

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Re: Expert Forecasts for 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season

#40 Postby chris_fit » Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:19 am

NCSU Hurricane Season 2018 Forecast Posted...

https://news.ncsu.edu/2018/04/2018-hurr ... rediction/


Named Storms: 14–18
Hurricanes: 7–11
Major: 3–5
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