What Will The Ridge Setup Be For Summer 2006?

[MiamiensisWx]

I think we will have a very strong ridge by summer that will be dominantly centered in the central Atlantic and not too far west or east; however, I think it will be a very huge ridge that will extend far west. It will be split at times, allowing for very diverse landfalls and preventing an outright Carolina season. Who agrees? What are your thoughts?

[KWT]

To be honest, att his stage I haven't the foggiest as to where a ridge will set up shop, got a feeling though where-ever it does end up being it'll be quite strong.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Though it's early to tell, I decided to hazard a guess at the strong Atlantic central
ridge that is large and extends far west- given that we have seen a warm,
dry, persistent East windflow over south and southeast florida so far this spring.

[StormScanWx]

I'm thinking a fairly strong ridge over the central Atlantic.

[ROCK]

way to early to know for sure....

[Audrey2Katrina]

Central Atlantic would've been my second choice/guess in the absence of my first: It's simply too early to tell.

A2K

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

Too early.

[Coredesat]

Right now I'm thinking a central Atlantic ridge, but it's too early to tell.

[EDR1222]

Still a little to early to tell. I tend to believe however that there will be some similarities to the 2004 set-up. Nothing scientific just a gut instinct. A couple times in the past it seems like strong western Atlantic ridge patterns occured one year, then skipped a year before setting up again. 1926 and 1928 and 1947 and 1949 are a couple examples. That isn't much to go on and obviously doesn't guarantee anything but still kind of interesting to me.

[skysummit]

I put too early to tell...well, because it's a little too early to tell.

[boca]

I voted strong Western Atlantic ridge so will see.