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#141 Postby cycloneye » Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:17 pm

Important dates prior to June 1:

1-March 15=Official Storm2k forecast Numbers Poll will start.

2- March 20=Official Start of Spring (Vernal Equinox) at 1:26 PM EST.

3- April 2=Daylight Savings Time begins.

4-April 4=Philip J. Klotzbach/Dr William Gray April 2006 outlook.

5-April 10-14=Hurricane Conference,Orlando,Fla.

6-April 24-28=27th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology,Monterey,California.

7-Around Mid-May=NOAA first 2006 hurricane season outlook.

8- May 15= EPAC hurricane season starts.

9- May 29=Memorial Day.

10- May 31=Philip J. Klotzbach/Dr William Gray hours before 2006 season starts outlook.


Note=If anyone knows the exact date when NOAA will release their mid-may outlook you can post it and I will include it at the important dates list.

Also if anyone knows of another important date that is not listed here please let me know.
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#142 Postby cycloneye » Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:39 pm

P.K. wrote:Well it is spring now as far as I am concerned. :lol:


Ok no problem my friend,good for you :)

By the way only 3 months left for the season to start,unbelievable. :eek:

FYI=I added May 29=Memorial Day to the list of important dates prior to June 1.
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#143 Postby f5 » Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:37 pm

March 1st-June 1st only 90 days!
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#144 Postby cycloneye » Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:38 pm

f5 wrote:March 1st-June 1st only 90 days!


From 7:00 PM EST or GMT time 00:00z.
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#145 Postby cycloneye » Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:43 pm

http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/cus ... &min=&sec=

:uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow:

At link above there is a counter where it counts the days,hours,minutes and seconds.You have to refresh it to get the latest countdown.
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#146 Postby f5 » Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:28 pm

most don't use zulu time :D
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#147 Postby MiamiensisWx » Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:38 pm

Now officially only 90 days left!
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#148 Postby James » Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:11 am

Gosh, the last 23 days have really shot by. :eek:
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#149 Postby HurricaneJoe22 » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:18 am

yea, they went by as quickly as say, oh, three weeks
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#150 Postby f5 » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:42 am

89 days left if you go by the clock on the wall.its offically 90 days if you go by zulu time
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#151 Postby Clint_TX » Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:30 pm

March 1st....My brain returns to the tropics...only a 2 mo break this time...curious
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#152 Postby cycloneye » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:12 pm

The counter of days,hours,minutes and seconds is posted at the first post of the first page of thread.
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#153 Postby MiamiensisWx » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:12 pm

89 days left!
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#154 Postby cheezyWXguy » Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:10 pm

you know what confuses me?... A lot of us here on S2K really dont want the hurricanes season to come so why are we on the countdown...Its almost like were hasty to get things started...
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#155 Postby angelwing » Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:22 pm

We may not want it to come, but we're fascinated when they do develop, least I am
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#156 Postby JonathanBelles » Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:23 pm

angelwing wrote:We may not want it to come, but we're fascinated when they do develop, least I am


me two
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#157 Postby Scorpion » Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:30 pm

I can't wait. 8-)
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#158 Postby MiamiensisWx » Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:32 pm

Do you REALLY want a major in your area, Scorpion?
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#159 Postby Scorpion » Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:33 pm

CapeVerdeWave wrote:Do you REALLY want a major in your area, Scorpion?


I wouldn't mind one.
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#160 Postby MiamiensisWx » Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:35 pm

Would you like a Category Four or Category Five, Scorpion? Really?
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