Countdown to 2007 season=**2007 Season is here!!!**

[cycloneye]

As every year at this time the countdown is posted for all to see how many days,hours,minutes and seconds are left until June 1rst.Time goes very fast and before you know it,June 1rst will be here.

I set the countdown at UTC time meaning when 7:00 PM EST arrives in the east coast,it's midnight or 00:00 UTC time.On March 11 when Daylight Saving Time starts the time of change will be 8:00 PM EDT.




Countdown To June 1

[cycloneye]

Important Dates before June 1:

Febuary 12-14=Rainex Conference in Boulder,Colorado **

Febuary 14=ST Valentines Day **

Febuary 19=Presidents Day **

Febuary 25=Academy Awards **

March 11=Daylight Savings Time starts **

March 17=ST Patricks Day **

March 20=First Official Day of Spring **

March 27-April 3=Curacao, Netherlands Antilles and Aruba
RA IV Hurricane Committee (WMO) **

April 1=The Official Storm2k Forecast Poll starts **

April 2-6=National Hurricane Conference in New Orlreans **

April 3=Colorado State University 2007 season outlook **

April 8=Easter Day **

April 22=Earth Day **

May 8=AccuWeather Hurricane Summit at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Houston, TX **

May 8-10=Texas Hurricane Conference at Moody Gardens on Galveston Island **

May 13=Mothers Day **

May 14-18=Floridas Governors Hurricane Conference in FT Lauderdale **

May 15=Eastern Pacific Season Starts **

May 20-26=NOAA'S Hurricane Awareness week

May 22=NOAA'S 2007 Hurricane Season May Forecast **

May 28=Memorial Day

May 31=Colorado State University hours before season starts May outlook

** Date has passed




If any of you know the dates of the Hurricane Conferences and other events that will be held prior to June 1rst,you can post them and then they will be added to the list of important events prior to June 1.

[Derek Ortt]

maybe not a very important date, but there is a RAINEX meeting from Feb 12-14 in Boulder at NCAR

[cycloneye]

maybe not a very important date, but there is a RAINEX meeting from Feb 12-14 in Boulder at NCAR

I added that conference.

[pojo]

May... our Preps for St. Croix start..... culmination with several trips down to St. Croix to drop off planes.... then sit and wait for NHC TPODS!!! Then the FUN begins!!

[cycloneye]

May... our Preps for St. Croix start..... culmination with several trips down to St. Croix to drop off planes.... then sit and wait for NHC TPODS!!! Then the FUN begins!!

Good luck Shannon on the missions that you will go to during the hurricane season.For sure it will be fun up there especially if some of the missions that you will be go to strong hurricanes and cross those eyewalls and the eye itself.

On a sidenote: For all of us who live in the Islands of the Lesser Antilles,Virgin Islands,Puerto Rico,Hispanola,Jamaica as you will be based in ST Croix,the information that the crews of the hurricane hunters send to the NHC is vital in terms of preparations of the population in case of a threat to the islands of the Caribbean Basin.

[pojo]

For all of us who live in the Islands of the Lesser Antilles,Virgin Islands,Puerto Rico,Hispanola,Jamaica as you will be based in ST Croix,the information that the crews of the hurricane hunters send to the NHC is vital in terms of preparations of the population in case of a threat to the islands of the Caribbean Basin.

Thanks....
Yes the information that the ARWO computer along with the sondes are extremely vital to populations in potential hurricane zones.

[gatorcane]

Hey Cycloneye, how about a mention of the Storm2k Hurricane Season Eve party here at storm2k?

Last year's was pretty good...

Over the next several months it will be nice to see members trickling back in who have been hibernating this off season (e.g. me)....

[TampaFl]

Important Dates before June 1:

1-Febuary 12-14=Rainex Conference in North Carolina

2-Febuary 14=ST Valentines Day

3-Febuary 19=Presidents Day

4-March 11=Daylight Savings Time starts

5-March 17=ST Patricks Day

6-April 1=The Official Storm2k Forecast Poll starts

7-April 3=Colorado State University 2007 season outlook

8-April 8=Easter Day

9-May 13=Mothers Day

10=May 28=Memorial Day

11=May 31=Colorado State University hours before season starts May outlook

If any of you know the dates of the Hurricane Conferences and other events that will be held prior to June 1rst,you can post them and then they will be added to the list of important events prior to June 1.

Cyclone, The Florida Governors Hurricane Conferance is May 14 - 18, 2007 in Ft Lauderdale, Fl. this year which I will be attending. .

[cycloneye]

TampaFI,that conference is now on the list.

[TampaFl]

Thanks Cycloneye for posting that.

[Lindaloo]

We need to count backwards.

[cycloneye]

We need to count backwards.

Yes Linda.

[Derek Ortt]

RAINEX conference is in Boulder, Colorado, not North Carolina

NCAR is an institution in Boulder (where the WRF was developed)

[cycloneye]

RAINEX conference is in Boulder, Colorado, not North Carolina

NCAR is an institution in Boulder (where the WRF was developed)

Thank you for letting me know about the exact location.Corrected at list.

[meteorologyman]

It has been a very long time since I have been here, wuz ^ everyone. school has been keeping me busy. w/ free time on my hands I hav been doing some studying of my own, over high and low pressures, Bermmuda high pressure, and understanding how to read crownweather maps as far as wind & millabar analysis. I dont know if any of you have a book called "The Rough Guide to WEATHER" by Robert Henson, It is a good book for undestanding and forecasting weather.

I think my forecast for this 2007 hurricane season will be more realistic compared to my predicted 30 name storms for 2006.

[cycloneye]

It has been a very long time since I have been here, wuz ^ everyone. school has been keeping me busy. w/ free time on my hands I hav been doing some studying of my own, over high and low pressures, Bermmuda high pressure, and understanding how to read crownweather maps as far as wind & millabar analysis. I dont know if any of you have a book called "The Rough Guide to WEATHER" by Robert Henson, It is a good book for undestanding and forecasting weather.

I think my forecast for this 2007 hurricane season will be more realistic compared to my predicted 30 name storms for 2006.

Welcome back and get ready to post your 2007 forecast when the official storm2k poll starts on April 1rst.

[cycloneye]

Hey Cycloneye, how about a mention of the Storm2k Hurricane Season Eve party here at storm2k?

Last year's was pretty good...

Over the next several months it will be nice to see members trickling back in who have been hibernating this off season (e.g. me)....

Every May 31 in the past few years,the chatroom has got crowded as the members go to chat and wait for midnight to arrive,a kind of New Years eve.And this May 31 will not be the exception.

[AnnularCane]

Hey Cycloneye, how about a mention of the Storm2k Hurricane Season Eve party here at storm2k?

Last year's was pretty good...

Over the next several months it will be nice to see members trickling back in who have been hibernating this off season (e.g. me)....

Every May 31 in the past few years,the chatroom has got crowded as the members go to chat and wait for midnight to arrive,a kind of New Years eve.And this May 31 will not be the exception.

Are time zones taken into account? Not sure how to word it exactly.

Hey, I'm a Category 2! FINALLY! I was stuck at Cat. 1 for-EVER!

[cycloneye]

Are time zones taken into account? Not sure how to word it exactly.

Always the coundown in the chatroom is at EDT.But if any member wants to have their individual countdowns in their timezones apart from EDT you can do so.