It's Hurricane Season
Severe thunderstorms had been capturing our attention and now it's the heat. Lost in all of this is the fact hurricane season is now one week old. Seasonal forecasters at Colorado State, NOAA, and AccuWeather are all predicting average to above average tropical activity (between 12 and 16 named storms, compared to an average of 11). We're off to a fast start with Arthur, the first named storm, having already come and gone (but not before inundating Belize).
Now it's your turn to issue a seasonal tropical forecast...
By Jason Samenow |
June 7, 2008; 12:00 PM ET
Tropical Weather
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Posted by: Etta | June 7, 2008 4:23 PM
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Anyone home???? SEVERE T-STORM WARNING FOR LOUDOUN!!!!
Posted by: GREG | June 7, 2008 6:27 PM
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Ya beat me to it, GREG. Southern Jeff County and Loudoun till 7:00 p.m.
Posted by: tinkerbelle | June 7, 2008 6:34 PM
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Looks like the ridges west of DC...and the strong surface heating..... finally provided some updrafts strong enough to break the inversion cap in plce all day. When that happens, storm growth can be quite strong and rapid.
Posted by: Mike | June 7, 2008 6:44 PM
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I'm in sterling..hello!?
Posted by: Gene | June 7, 2008 7:29 PM
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The severe thunderstorm now appears to be heading east through central/northern Montgomery County and toward Howard County, according to the National Weather Service. We dodged the bullet here in Silver Spring.
Posted by: Murre | June 7, 2008 8:04 PM
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The Associated Press takes a dim view of seasonal hurricane prediction:
"Each April, weather wizard William Gray emerges from his burrow in the Rocky Mountains to offer his forecast for the six-month hurricane season . . . It's a lot like Groundhog Day -- and the results are worth just about as much."
Posted by: Steve, Capital Weather Gang | June 8, 2008 10:03 PM
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Are those severe thunderstorms in Harrisonburg heading straight for the DC area?