My August Prediction

[floridahurricaneguy]

Well here is my first prediction posted on here. This is what I expect for august.

Named Storms:9
Hurricanes: 5
Major Hurricanes:3
US Landfalling Storms:3
Cat 5: 1 Possible(hit usa?)
So who thinks somewhere in Florida other then the always hit panhandle will be affected by a storm. My gut is Tampa will finally get its major hit in a long time.

Matt

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

There way over due.

[Stratusxpeye]

No were not charley was ours. But he changed his mind so were good for awhile I cant go through another season like last year. Craziness and lots of plastic wrap over the gas not very good times.

[Jim Cantore]

I feel for you Stratusxpeye but be happy that charley wasn't yours because at the pace of strengthing it was in it may have been at cat 5

[Sanibel]

[HURAKAN]

Then, according to your prediction, the Atlantic season will have 16 storms by August 31st. Crazy!

[The Big Dog]

So we're gonna be at 16 storms with September still to come? I think you're getting a little carried away.

[floridahurricaneguy]

Well maybe it is high. Its late. lol Maybe I will say through august/september. People are trying to covince me on one board that my chances of a hurricane are same for my old home in Meridian and new place in tampa. Can that be right?

Matt

[Brent]

9 might be 1 or 2 too high... but it's not out of the realm of possibility. Who would have seriously predicted 5! in July...

[wxwatcher91]

8-5-3

[Petmom]

Well here is my first prediction posted on here. This is what I expect for august.

Named Storms:9
Hurricanes: 5
Major Hurricanes:3
US Landfalling Storms:3
Cat 5: 1 Possible(hit usa?)
So who thinks somewhere in Florida other then the always hit panhandle will be affected by a storm. My gut is Tampa will finally get its major hit in a long time.

Matt

Are we overdue here in Tampa? One thing is when the storms make landfall on the East coast and make its way over here. What happen if Tampa Bay have a direct hit?

[floridahurricaneguy]

Well here is my first prediction posted on here. This is what I expect for august.

Named Storms:9
Hurricanes: 5
Major Hurricanes:3
US Landfalling Storms:3
Cat 5: 1 Possible(hit usa?)
So who thinks somewhere in Florida other then the always hit panhandle will be affected by a storm. My gut is Tampa will finally get its major hit in a long time.

Matt

Are we overdue here in Tampa? One thing is when the storms make landfall on the East coast and make its way over here. What happen if Tampa Bay have a direct hit?

Tampa is very overdue. They have not had a direct hit since like 1921. Should a major hurricane make a direct hit on Tampa Bay, it would be devastating. All the water would be pushed into the bay and major coastal flooding would occur. In my opinion its just a matter of time when Tampa gets its hit. But even a CAT 5 Landfalling in the east could still be bad for Tampa.

Matt

[gatorcane]

Named Storms:9
Hurricanes: 5
Major Hurricanes:3
US Landfalling Storms:3
Cat 5: 1 Possible(hit usa?)
So who thinks somewhere in Florida other then the always hit panhandle will be affected by a storm. My gut is Tampa will finally get its major hit in a long time.

way too high on these numbers. It will be more like:

Named Storms:4
Hurricanes: 2
Major Hurricanes:1
US Landfalling Storms:0
Cat 5: 0

September will be the month to watch.

[Scorpion]

August is usually nearly as active as September, plus this is the 2005 season.

[gatorcane]

August is usually nearly as active as September, plus this is the 2005 season.

Don't forget about the SAL. It will be here through August but I think it will back off some in Sept.

[Scorpion]

SAL wont be here all the time. Its overrated IMO. SAL is here every season.

[Brent]

What happen if Tampa Bay have a direct hit?

You don't want to be near Tampa Bay if you get a direct hit from a major hurricane(i.e., coming in just NW). Surge would be absolutely devastating.

[floridahurricaneguy]

Named Storms:9
Hurricanes: 5
Major Hurricanes:3
US Landfalling Storms:3
Cat 5: 1 Possible(hit usa?)
So who thinks somewhere in Florida other then the always hit panhandle will be affected by a storm. My gut is Tampa will finally get its major hit in a long time.

way too high on these numbers. It will be more like:

Named Storms:4
Hurricanes: 2
Major Hurricanes:1
US Landfalling Storms:0
Cat 5: 0

September will be the month to watch.

My number mights be a tad high but your seems very low in my opinion.

Matt

[The Big Dog]

Named Storms:9
Hurricanes: 5
Major Hurricanes:3
US Landfalling Storms:3
Cat 5: 1 Possible(hit usa?)
So who thinks somewhere in Florida other then the always hit panhandle will be affected by a storm. My gut is Tampa will finally get its major hit in a long time.

way too high on these numbers. It will be more like:

Named Storms:4
Hurricanes: 2
Major Hurricanes:1
US Landfalling Storms:0
Cat 5: 0

September will be the month to watch.

My number mights be a tad high but your seems very low in my opinion.

Matt

I don't know... 4 looks like a pretty normal August, IMO. We can't keep up this pace forever, or we'll end up with 30 storms. Just because we've had a strong July doesn't necessarily mean we'll have a strong August as well, and there are already indications in place that there will be a slow start to the month.

[wxmann_91]

Named storms: 6
Hurricanes: 4
Major hurricanes: 2

Landfalling storms: 3 (2 TS's and 1 Hur)

August won't be the month. It'll be the lull between July and September, when the real action will begin.