Early season storms or August...

[MortisFL]

Do you think we'll see more early season storms (June-July) or typically the (Aug-Oct.) storms?

I hope this board doesn't become impatient if they have nothing to track until August again.

[Brent]

Maybe 1 storm in June or July... but the season will get under way in full force in Mid-August. Between then and about October 1st, there will likely be no break in activity.

[MortisFL]

Watch people start calling it a "dud" season.

[cajungal]

I got a beachfront condo for Destin, Florida booked August 4th thru the 11th. The first week of August, we should be okay right? Don't the hurricanes usually hit closer to the end of August? I chose the first week of August because the prices dropped off some. July was way too expensive. I just hope no storm rolls through where we have to cancel my long-waited vacation.

[Anonymous]

August is lethal when it comes to Hurricanes. September may be more active, but when August comes, watch out:::

August 10-11, 1856 - 150 mph storm hits Terrebonne Parish

August 13, 1880 - 150 mph storm hits Northern Mexico...likely significant impact on South Texas.

August 20, 1886 - 4th Strongest Hurricane Ever strikes Indianola, Texas with 155 mph winds.

August 27, 1949 - 150 mph storm strikes West Palm Beach, Florida

August 18, 1969 - 190 mph Category 5 Camille strikes Mississippi

August 24, 1992 - 165 mph Category 5 Andrew strikes Florida

August 13, 1992 - 150 mph Charley strikes Southwest Florida

[x-y-no]

I'm sure that by the end of July we'll be seeing aguished cries about the season being a dud.

I expect we'll have the usual one or two early systems (like last year we had the unnamed TS which devastated Hispaniola at the end of May) but the season will really get cranking in mid to late August.

[depotoo]

according to all the dates you'll still be safe cajungal!

[krysof]

so when I return here after europe by August 22nd, will I miss a lot?

[vacanechaser]

I think we may see something in June or July, but nothing else until the end of July or early August.. For some reason I have a feeling in my bones it could start out something like last season. Then August inot September, probably not many breaks.. Just a thought..


Jesse V. Bass III
http://www.vastormphoto.com
Hurricane Intercept Research Team

[canegrl04]

I think the first storm will come in June.Might become a minimal hurricane.We've had many surprises the last couple of seasons,so I wouldn't call it a stretch.Full fledged season will get underway in August

[Rainband]

I got a beachfront condo for Destin, Florida booked August 4th thru the 11th. The first week of August, we should be okay right? Don't the hurricanes usually hit closer to the end of August? I chose the first week of August because the prices dropped off some. July was way too expensive. I just hope no storm rolls through where we have to cancel my long-waited vacation.

There is NO way to tell when a storm will hit. They don't follow any rules

[StormChasr]

There is NO way to tell when a storm will hit. They don't follow any rules

Amen. Who would have predicted the 6 weeks of last Sept-October?

[cyclonaut]

In every season you got your highs & troughs,wind shear & favorable winds,your naked swirls & your handful people that will be calling it a dud season way to soon...Just watch!

[Hurricane_Apu]

How many really destructive June hurricanes have there been?

Audrey
Allison
???

[LaBreeze]

Definitely Audrey - first hurricane I remember experiencing. I'll never forget her. Glad you mentioned her because a lot of people forget about Audrey since it was so long ago. Still fresh in my mind though after all of these years.

[cajungal]

I think Audrey hit around my birthday (June 25th). But, many, many years before I was born. I don't even think my mom was born yet.

Let me tell you a story.... I was about 9 or 10 and I was having a slumber party that year. I had about 4 friends over all in sleeping bags in the living room. In the middle of the night, we heard the doorknob rattling like someone was fixing to break in. We all ran down the hall screaming trying to wake my mom. It turned out to be only my dad! He works offshore on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. They sent him home early because of some tropical storm but I can't remember which one. Yeah, my birthday falls at the beginning of hurricane season, so we don't get many around that time. My best friend's birthday falls 5 days after mine (June 30) and she got stuck with Tropical Storm Bill on her birthday.

[Anonymous]

If I knew what year it was, I could find the storm.

[x-y-no]

Do you think we'll see more early season storms (June-July) or typically the (Aug-Oct.) storms?

I hope this board doesn't become impatient if they have nothing to track until August again.

I think it's a mortal lock that a lot of people on the board will get impatient.

[GalvestonDuck]

How many really destructive June hurricanes have there been?

Audrey
Allison
???

Ugh...don't give Allison an upgrade!

(I knew what you meant...she WAS definitely destructive.)

[cajungal]

If I knew what year it was, I could find the storm.

I was born in 1976. I was around 9 or 10. I don't remember exactly how old I was. Younger than 12 at the most. So, I guess just look at storms from the late 1980's that were in the Gulf around the last week of June.