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Re: Countdown to 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season=11 Days

#141 Postby vaffie » Mon May 19, 2008 9:33 pm

I agree--it's a very slim chance to have a major at the very beginning. But considering that development in the western Pacific/Indian Ocean often gives insight into what the western Atlantic might do a few weeks later, that part of the world already has had a record early storm, and it's first three storms were all major hurricanes including Nargis. Gives us something to think about. Makes me want to nightly scan the Atlantic for an invest. :) That will change to every three hours in a couple weeks. :)
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#142 Postby KWT » Tue May 20, 2008 8:54 am

Well Able was an impressive storm and its clear it probably rode the gulf stream and thats where it got its energy from. Such strong systems are rare in May (indeed we've only seen 4 hurricanes ever in May) and also not all that common in June either though the odds for such systems increase rapidly as time goes along.
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#143 Postby CrazyC83 » Tue May 20, 2008 9:24 am

KWT wrote:Yep it would be crazy, esp because of the systems track was fairly close to the Carolinas when it was at its strongest though there weren't much damage. Able is the only pre-season major...indeed there has only ever been 4 hurricanes in the month of May in history so chances for such a development in any one year are pretty slim.


What basis did they call it a major hurricane on? I'm skeptical about its Cat 3 status...that might have been flight level winds. I think it was a high Cat 1 or low Cat 2.
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#144 Postby Chacor » Tue May 20, 2008 7:06 pm

Actually, the countdown in the topic title is off by a day.

It is 11 days, 3 hours, 54 minutes and 30 seconds until Sunday, June 1, 2008 (Miami time)

As Fact789 established through an email to Franklin, the season starts Eastern time.
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Re: Countdown to 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season=10 Days

#145 Postby cycloneye » Tue May 20, 2008 7:23 pm

Chacor,I have the countdowm set to change daily at 8 PM EDT or 00:00 UTC.But on May 31rst I will set the coundown to midnight EDT to ring the 2008 season.
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#146 Postby RL3AO » Tue May 20, 2008 7:27 pm

You mean the post automatically updates the countdown?
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Re: Countdown to 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season=10 Days

#147 Postby Evil Jeremy » Wed May 21, 2008 6:58 am

Time for the final countdown! 10 days now!
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Re: Countdown to 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season=10 Days

#148 Postby Annie Oakley » Wed May 21, 2008 10:39 am

T minus 10 days and counting............as the 2008 Texas Hurricane Conference is taking place May 20-22 on Galveston Island. We hope to be as prepared as well as possible, with hopes for a very quiet season.
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#149 Postby KWT » Thu May 22, 2008 2:49 pm

Well we are now down to single figures for the countdown, now just 9 days till the start of the hurricane season, just over a week :eek:
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Re: Countdown to 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season=7 Days

#150 Postby wxman57 » Sat May 24, 2008 7:01 am

Title is incorrect. It's 7 days to next Saturday morning at 7am CDT, not Sunday morning.
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Re: Countdown to 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season=7 Days

#151 Postby Opal storm » Sat May 24, 2008 11:13 am

Just a week away now! :eek:
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#152 Postby KWT » Sat May 24, 2008 4:14 pm

Getting closer and closer now, just seven days till the start of the hurricane season 2008!
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Re: Countdown to 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season=6 Days

#153 Postby cycloneye » Sun May 25, 2008 8:30 am

Countdown to 2008 Atlantic Hurricane season

:uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow:

We are almost there.

A reminder that next Saturday night,May 31rst,we will have a chat gettogether in the chatroom to ring the 2008 hurricane season.Dont miss it.
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#154 Postby KWT » Sun May 25, 2008 6:12 pm

Yep, by the way when does the season actually start, what I mean is what time zone is used, is it UTC?
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#155 Postby cycloneye » Sun May 25, 2008 6:14 pm

KWT wrote:Yep, by the way when does the season actually start, what I mean is what time zone is used, is it UTC?


I have the countdown set to change at 8 PM EDT or 00:00 UTC time.However,on May 31rst,I will set it to change at Midnight EDT to ring the 2008 season.
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#156 Postby KWT » Sun May 25, 2008 6:16 pm

Ok thats fair enough, well I don't think I will stay up to see your side of the atlantic go into the hurricane season but I think I'll be up for my side of the Atlantic.
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Re: Countdown to 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season=6 Days

#157 Postby CajunMama » Sun May 25, 2008 9:50 pm

cycloneye wrote:Countdown to 2008 Atlantic Hurricane season

:uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow:

We are almost there.

A reminder that next Saturday night,May 31rst,we will have a chat gettogether in the chatroom to ring the 2008 hurricane season.Dont miss it.



actually we're there all year round. Tonight we're talking about the severe weather and a couple of sports scores!
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Re: Countdown to 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season=5 Days

#158 Postby MississippiHurricane » Mon May 26, 2008 1:14 pm

...........sports scores?! Wow thats shocking. This thing is almost here and wow this year is flying by so quickly. I WILL be there. What should I bring?
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Re: Countdown to 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season=5 Days

#159 Postby JonathanBelles » Mon May 26, 2008 2:26 pm

MississippiHurricane wrote:...........sports scores?! Wow thats shocking. This thing is almost here and wow this year is flying by so quickly. I WILL be there. What should I bring?


your sanity :P
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Re: Countdown to 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season=5 Days

#160 Postby senorpepr » Mon May 26, 2008 3:07 pm

fact789 wrote:
MississippiHurricane wrote:...........sports scores?! Wow thats shocking. This thing is almost here and wow this year is flying by so quickly. I WILL be there. What should I bring?


your sanity :P


You cannot bring what you do not have.
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