How much worse will this years hurricane season be compared to last month?
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No two hurricane seasons are the same.  The iconic prediction by Dr. William Gray came out in April, and is looking for another active season (link in sources).  I also read that an AccuWeather forecaster is predicting 3 major storms will hit the US Mainland this year.\n\nMy thoughts, as an atmospheric science grad student, are that this season will be above average because there is not a strong El Nino, limiting the interference in the tropics.  There will also be tons of heat added into the system, and in our 50-year cycle of hurricanes, we happen to be on the upslope (look at the 1950s, and the hurricane damage then).\n\nThe season will most likely not be as bad as last year's, and that's because last year's was record-setting.  The difference is that a lot more people are living in areas that are hurricane-prone, and that's why we're seeing more covereage of them.
1045442
Lets see how many hurricanes we get this summer, and then decide.
301256
No exaggeration. But the type of storm is often different.\nBritain to my knowledge has only had the one hurricane in recent times and that was around 1987. I remember it well. Our position is too far up north for something like Katrina.\n\nSeems you are trying to stir up some storms yourself with a question like this
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Hurricane is affected by local conditions and it's diffiult to predict the path. However, we can see what has been typically the result based on various conditions of both the current and past similar hurricanes, and try to use that information to make an educated guess. With computer technology advancing, we have more information to fine tune the guesses and make them more accurate. But we'll never be able to 100% predict the weather or people's reaction to it.
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1st June - 30th November\nBut an active Hurricane Season is expected, and last year there were still Tropical Storms in December.\nThe worst storms usually happen in August and September but that isnt a rule.\nThis year More Hurricanes are expected along the Carolinas and Viginia coast so FLorida may not be hit as hard as recent years.
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Nobody knows for SURE when, but I think this year, more accurately this summer will be pretty bad as far as natuaral disasters.  and this guy i work with, thinks this summer heat will be unbearable, the hottest summer ever.
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Yes, the 2006 season was much quieter.  Thus far this season there have been 9 named storms.  During the 2005 season, there were a total of 28 disturbances of tropical storm strength or higher.\n\nOne of the main reasons the 2006 season was much quieter was the development of an El Nino pattern in the Pacific.  This pattern produces warmer than normal Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) in the eastern Pacific.  It also increases the amount of vertical wind shear which is theorized to make tropical system development less likely.  As a general rule, the less vertical wind shear the better.
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What's the Worst That Could Happen?
627528
During the next 5 years, I hope to see a Democratic sweep in all state and Federal governments (at least we will get a different set of lies), I am afraid we will see rampant inflation, horrid interest rates, serious weather pattern changes including more and more serious hurricanes on the East Coast. I expect that during the next 10 years, our ocean levels to begin rising causing more and more flooding in the gulf and East Coast. We well could face a serious uprising of the population due to the Iraq ordeal...very much like we had with Viet Nam. I do not foresee good times ahead. I also think our problems with Mexico have just started. I hope I am wrong.
815693
No I think the Cubs will do better this coming year, not TOO much better though.  I really doubt the Cardinals can repeat.
1160075
agree, although they are not nearly as good as last year
341271
We've had several the past month and a half, which is unusual for Central California this time of year (or so I'm told... I'm new here.) The national weather service said a few were severe but I've seen much worse in Virginia and Iowa. We did have a couple with marble sized hail though. Enough hail fell to coat the ground almost an inch deep. A lot of the locals thought it was snow because of how soft it was when they went back outside to see it closer.
499118
Hey....things could be worse
299137
not good in past years but great this year
449855
It Will Get MUCH WORSE Before It Gets Better
442055
I don't trust hurricane predictions anymore. I think they predicted 16 named storms for last year.
895984
bad bad bad  Katrina  Katrina  Katrina