With la nina in place

[Jim Cantore]

[mike815]

except it wont turn from fl this time

[Weatherfreak14]

Ya never know. This season comming up IMO could be the worst of them all mainly for the east coast.

[Jim Cantore]

split in half so far

[Jim Cantore]

except it wont turn from fl this time

That would have been Katrina like it Floyd hit Florida then the gulf coast like it was expected to

[Jim Cantore]

Considering Floyd was even larger then Katirina, heck it was larger then the east coast at a time

[mike815]

yes it would have

[Jim Cantore]

lets see 155mph and a 800-1000 mile wide hurricane I'd estimate a 35-40 foot surge likely higher

[Blown Away]

I remember the 1999 season having the persistent east coast trough that kicked most of the storms out to sea. Is their a direct relationship between la Nina and that location of that trough?

[windycity]

good question! i know im watchin for early signs of the infamous bermuda high ridgin our coast that could spell trouble for us in florida. i beleive Derek said troughs arent a ffiend to fl. durin hurricane season, so its wait an see. personally ,i see it being a very interesting year, one which will teach us alot about our climate and how we have little control over natural cycles.instead we need to look at preperation before june 1. Im also not lookin forward to our insurance hikes.eeeeek.

[Andrew92]

All I can say is watch out for Hurricane Michael later this year! If any storm misses a trough and hits the East Coast and is big bad like I think there will be, it will be Michael.

-Andrew92

[CHRISTY]

all i can say if that bermuda high parks itself next to the US we might see something like this.... especially with a full blown la nina.

[tornadochaser1986]

ya im split on this one guys but im gonna say ya east coast will get hit more this year

[Jim Cantore]

all i can say if that bermuda high parks itself next to the US we might see something like this.... especially with a full blown la nina.

something like that but it will continue into Florida

[windycity]

eeeeeks!!!!thats a scary sight,espeically when you live on a skinny piece of land called florida!iI remember when floyd threated our area and alot of my friends fled for the hills(N.C) only to run into it up there. Seriously, what would we do if a floyd like storm came our way?What if a cat 1 bombs and theres no time to leave?

[JonathanBelles]

i think it will be another terrible year

[f5]

Considering Floyd was even larger then Katirina, heck it was larger then the east coast at a time

Katrina was larger than Floyd she covered the entire GOM not only was Katrina bigger than Floyd she was also much stronger.

[Jim Cantore]

Its hard to measure it due to the fact that Floyd became so streched out when he went up the coast

[f5]

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Katrina looks very huge from this vantage point

[Terrell]

It would be a pleasant surprise if 2006 is significantly less active than 2005, but I think 2006 wants to do to 2005, what 2005 did to 2004. I think we should expect lots of nasty hurricanes (in terms of power and frequency), lets hope that some of the majors are fish.