Vigorous Low Off Africa.

[drezee]

Do you all realize that if not for Dennis, this system would be a huge topic! This is a classic cape verde (late august) looking wave. Amazing...

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

We are having 2 seasons one for the Gulf/Caribbean...In I think we will have a cape verde season. The storms in season one/Tropical formation area one is expected to form alot of landfalling systems. On the other hand season two/Tropical cyclone formation area two(Cape verdes to 60 west across into the central Atlatnic.

I expect to happen.

Out of area 1#
9 tropical storms
3 hurricanes
2 major hurricanes

So far
4 tropical storms
1 hurricane
0 major hurricanes

Out of area 2#
8 named storms
5 hurricanes
3 major hurricanes

So far
0
0
0

I expect all but one of the area two storms will likely be fish/Eastern Canada/New finland storms.

I'v rised my hurricane season numbers to 17 named storms/8 hurricanes/5 major hurricanes as of 7-6-2005.

[Praxus]

pssst its Newfoundland by the way; but New Finland is pretty funny !
38 years in Canada and I've never heard that one before

[HURAKAN]

The season could always just die down couldn't? Early start, early end? like..1997 I think it was.

Kevin Cho

True, but there is a major difference b/w 1997 and 2005. In 1997 all the storms except for Erika and TD 5 were of subtropical origen, in 2005, so far all the storms have been from tropical origen.

[Duffy]

Kevin, i believe we had an El Nino that year '97, that shut things down early....this year there isn't an El Nino

[coriolis]

I'v rised my hurricane season numbers to 17 named storms/8 hurricanes/5 major hurricanes as of 7-6-2005.

Next thing you know, everyone will want to change their numbers.

[feederband]

Is it December yet... I was not mentaly prepared for this july s**t...I'm tired my wifes yelling at me to get off the computer.. I wonder if any of us on Thursday could not touch a computer or watch tv..... They would have to put me on drugs... O'h well going to bed.. see you at 2:00 am.