'11 Hurricane season predictions

TheMilkyPirate

Could be a bit of fun

Make your predictions of each question, Each correct prediction earns 5 points, Most points wins a packet of meanies!


First named hurricane: Gert
Last named hurricane: Ophelia
Total number of hurricanes: 9
Major hurricanes (CAT3 or higher): 3
Highest wind speed (1min): 162mph
Total number of named storms: 17
CAT 5 Hurricane?: Yes

Overdue a CAT5 i think.

maquiladora

First named hurricane: Emily
Last named hurricane: Philippe
Total number of hurricanes: 8
Major hurricanes (CAT3 or higher): 4
Highest wind speed (1min): 160mph
Total number of named storms: 16
CAT 5 Hurricane?: Yes

thetonynator

First named hurricane: Emily
Last named hurricane: Ophelia
Total number of hurricanes: 4
Major hurricanes (CAT3 or higher): 1
Highest wind speed (1min): 152mph
Total number of named storms: 14
CAT 5 Hurricane?: No

delw

First named hurricane:Franklin
Last named hurricane: Philippe
Total number of hurricanes: 7
Major hurricanes (CAT3 or higher): 3
Highest wind speed (1min): 165mph
Total number of named storms: 16
CAT 5 Hurricane?:yes

elvis99

First named hurricane: Gert
Last named hurricane: Rina
Total number of hurricanes: 8
Major hurricanes (CAT3 or higher): 3
Highest wind speed (1min): 155mph
Total number of named storms: 19
CAT 5 Hurricane?: Yes

dexter647

First named hurricane:Emily
Last named hurricane: Sean
Total number of hurricanes: 9
Major hurricanes (CAT3 or higher): 5
Highest wind speed (1min): 163mph
Total number of named storms: 17
CAT 5 Hurricane?:yes

TheMilkyPirate

We'll stop taking entries after Invest 91 is named, Seems fair enough. Should be in the next 24-48 hours.

fizzycyst

First named hurricane: Gert
Last named hurricane: Rina
Total number of hurricanes: 9
Major hurricanes (CAT3 or higher): 4
Highest wind speed (1min): 163mph
Total number of named storms: 20
CAT 5 Hurricane?: Yes

Lumi

First named hurricane: Emily
Last named hurricane: Philippe
Total number of hurricanes: 12
Major hurricanes (CAT3 or higher): 5
Highest wind speed (1min): 161mph
Total number of named storms: 18
CAT 5 Hurricane?: Yes

maquiladora

Fionagus wrote: »

First named hurricane: Emily
Last named hurricane: Philippe
Total number of hurricanes: 12
Major hurricanes (CAT3 or higher): 5
Highest wind speed (1min): 161mph
Total number of named storms: 18
CAT 5 Hurricane?: No

Hi Fiona. I think you forgot to change the last one to "Yes". If you are going for highest wind speed of 161mph then that would mean Cat 5.

Lumi

maquiladora wrote: »

Hi Fiona. I think you forgot to change the last one to "Yes". If you are going for highest wind speed of 161mph then that would mean Cat 5.

Cheers Still asleep!!

thetonynator

Emily named so presumably closed?

She is forecast to be a hurricane before hitting Florida at the moment.

snowstreams

First named hurricane: Franklin
Last named hurricane: Philippe
Total number of hurricanes: 6
Major hurricanes (CAT3 or higher): 3
Highest wind speed (1min): 157mph
Total number of named storms: 16
CAT 5 Hurricane?: yes

Im late entering, so im going to have to say that Emily doesnt become a hurricane!

TheMilkyPirate

Yep, Emily named so entries closed. We'll take snowstreams entry as you weren't that late and i'm a nice chap :pac:

snowstreams

Is it time to count up the scores now?
Turned out to be an active season but it didn't seem to have very many strong systems.

TheMilkyPirate

snowstreams wrote: »

Is it time to count up the scores now?
Turned out to be an active season but it didn't seem to have very many strong systems.

I've been meaning to do it for the last few days, I think you just gave me the kick start i needed!

Winner of the meanies on the way!

TheMilkyPirate

And the winner is..........

1st elvis99 - 15pts
J2nd snowstreams - 10pts
J2nd thetonynator - 10pts
J3rd baraca - 5pts
J3rd delw - 5pts
J3rd fizzycyst - 5pts

Congratulations elvis99! A lovely fresh pack of meanies is on the way to you. The two second place finishers will each recieve a bottle of cadet.

WolfeIRE

After seven hurricanes and 12 other named storms causing several billion dollars of damage, the 2011 North Atlantic hurricane season has now officially come to an end.
It has been an unusual season in many respects. Firstly, the 19 named storms marks the joint second highest number based on records since 1944*. The average is about 11.
The season has also been characterised by a high number of relatively short-lived storms – with seven of the 12 tropical storms lasting just two days or less. None of the first eight storms of the season developed into hurricanes – something unprecedented in the records.
Joanne Camp, a long-range hurricane forecaster at the Met Office, explained that having so many short-lived and relatively weak tropical storms was a notable feature of the season: “If you look at the long-term record, this is unusual – but it has been an increasing trend over recent years.
“This is almost certainly due to the improvement of technology, such as satellites, which allows us to observe developments over the North Atlantic in ever greater detail. This means we are now identifying storms that could previously have gone undetected.”


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thetonynator

Hell yeah! 1st podium finish in a competition ever!! I think! :P