2013 North Atlantic Hurricane Season is here!

[hurricanexyz]

:uarrow: Last year the Atlantic already had a tropical storm and several invests by this date. This year I don't think its had any invests. I agree with you and think the basin could definitely have a slow start this year.

Aww MAN! Andrea CERTAINLY needs our help! Come on Annie, we need you!

there have been invests and allot of models are showing an Andrea later this month or in early June

[hurricanexyz]

but you should not always trust on models

[greenkat]

Barbara = Andrea?

[cycloneye]

AC look at the clock ticking!!

http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/ge ... ane+Season

[HurricaneRyan]

Saturday is almost here

[cycloneye]

Another season begins with high expectations of being an active one. Let's be prepared for anything that mother nature brings.

[CrazyC83]

I hadn't thought much after Friday's tornado debacle, but yes it's another hurricane season! For the first time I think I come into a hurricane season realizing that I am not immune...

[HurricaneRyan]

Well I live in California so I probably won't get affected by any storms. Some of my friends might though, since I have friends going to college in Florida, & family in Alabama & North Carolina.

[Hurricane Jed]

The 2013 North Atlantic Hurricane Season is officially open! Andrea is on the clock!

[WeatherGuesser]

Apprehensive might be a better word.

Hoping for NO major activity and no destructive landfalls. Even a low-level TS can do significant damage.

Perhaps some soaking remnants for areas that still need rain?

[vbhoutex]

Apprehensive might be a better word.

Hoping for NO major activity and no destructive landfalls. Even a low-level TS can do significant damage.

Perhaps some soaking remnants for areas that still need rain?

Sounds good to me!!

[LaBreeze]

Local met mentioned last night that the Gulf Coast from Pensacola to Brownsville has a 47% chance of experiencing at least a Cat 3 hurricane this season as opposed to the normal average of 31%. May everyone stay safe!

[vbhoutex]

Local met mentioned last night that the Gulf Coast from Pensacola to Brownsville has a 47% chance of experiencing a hurricane this season as opposed to the normal average of 31%. May everyone stay safe!

I second and third that motion!!!

[Hurricane Jed]

Random tidbit of info. List 5 is the only list in which Texas has been hit by at least one named storm from that list. Alicia-83, Allison, Chantal, Jerry-89, Dean-95, Allison-01, Erin and Humberto-07. I also want to point out three of these names have been retired. Including two that were retired for hits on Texas (Alicia-83 and Allison-01), Dean is odd name out. So will the streak be broken this year?

[HurricaneRyan]

List 5 is also the only list that has retired at least one name every single time it has been used since 1983.

[mitchell]

Local met mentioned last night that the Gulf Coast from Pensacola to Brownsville has a 47% chance of experiencing at least a Cat 3 hurricane this season as opposed to the normal average of 31%. May everyone stay safe!

Thats too bad that they would say that. A meteorologist should know better! Its a shame that our media has taken to spewing statistical sound-bites trying to "factualize" to the nearest percentage what are very generalized seasonal predictions with large margins of error.

I wonder if that same met would say that Town X residents have a 47% chance of experiencing at least an inch of rain a week from monday as opposed to the normal average [??] of 31%