Weathersage: Weather Forecast Spring 2005

HURRICANE SEASON 2005

By Carolyn Egan
The general public in the southeast USA are anxious to know the threats of the upcoming 2005 Hurricane Season. The report has been partially analyzed. Initial observations for Florida are described in this report and will be updated as the information is determined* over the next few months.

The 2004 hurricane report I developed warned Floridians about the storms coming their way. Television meteorologists cannot prepare such a report and can only see the hurricanes as they develop during the actual season. Astrometeorologists can forecast weather well into future dates.

Many have written to ask my opinion for the 2005 season. I plan to look at the peak of the season, August through October weather, for three areas. Florida, Cape Hatteras, and the Gulf coast. A more personal, individual observation is available by choosing a consultation here:

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FLORIDA
The first two weeks of August do not look threatening; strong thunderstorms will be reported east of Bermuda during the week of August 13th.

The August 19th week poses a threat as tropical moisture builds in Florida and may make its way to the Cape Hatteras region. This weather event could become a named tropical storm.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml

There will be a strong storm off the coast of Mexico during this period as well.

August 26th There will be stormy weather and more named storms this period. The first is a low pressure weather system off the east coast of the states anywhere from Bahamas/Miami up through Cape Hatteras. The other system has its eye on Puerto Rico.

September 3rd Florida reverts back to tropical heat and humidity for this period.

September 11th is not a good week for Florida. There is a threat coming into the area with very strong winds attached. This storm may have just tropical indications for a while, even if land falling, it will do some windy/wet damage. However, the storm buildup I am seeing could actually strike in this next period.

September 18th The howling begins and the rain comes in buckets. It will be a strong low pressure named hurricane.

September 25th Something is brewing off the coast of the Senegal Express, near the Canary Islands. Will it come our way? These systems can take two weeks to develop as they travel over the Atlantic. For Florida, expect a tropical flare-up that heads more towards the Hatteras region. Flooding rains are possible. (check wind chart for this period)

October 3rd More convection in the eastern Atlantic - is this the same storm that developed last week? Florida is quiet this week.

October 10th Big time storm affecting the large islands in the Caribbean. Where will it go from there? The Gulf coast may catch this drift.

October 18th There is a low pressure system developing with strong winds. I think it will travel up the coast to the Carolinas. Florida is off the hook, read below.