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Aug 5th, 2019 at 6:20pm
 
   A lot of our Atlantic hurricanes originate in Africa as you all know.  Consequently I'm always keeping an eye there. Tomorrow night an impressive wave will be leaving Africa's coast headed our way. It warrants watching. I've been scoping this one out for a few days now.
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Reply #1 - Aug 14th, 2019 at 7:42am
 
    Apparently there are large expanses of dry, dusty air from the Sahara that are preventing these tropical waves from organizing.... yet another variable. The Atlantic Basin is dead quiet.
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Reply #2 - Aug 20th, 2019 at 12:51pm
 
   And the Atlantic Basin remains strangely quiet.  There are a couple of large waves leaving the coast of Africa now and it's getting later in the season.  We'll be seeing some action soon.
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Reply #3 - Aug 26th, 2019 at 11:58am
 
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Reply #4 - Aug 27th, 2019 at 11:16am
 
You seem happy that I might get smacked with a hurricane. 

Thanks a lot, buddy.   Grin 

I hope you get lots of snow this winter.   Grin

Seriously, hurricane season has been difficult to predict.  One guy at the U of Colorado got it right one year, he's been wrong ever since.  Farmer's Almanac has been right more often than NOAA as far as long term forecasts.  Lots of variables like the Sahara winds and such that haven't been figured out, yet.

Part of the problem is the predictions, the experts will say we are supposed to get so many hurricanes and tropical storms each year, then we don't.  But way too many people treat that educated guess as if it's a fact.  So. if the number is high or low, then it's an anomaly instead of a bad guess.
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Reply #5 - Aug 28th, 2019 at 9:00pm
 
  I would never wish a hurricane on anyone. LOL.  Besides almost all hurricanes that hit the east coast end up doing at least something to us here in New Jersey. Usually it's just lots of rain but sometimes we get hit hard here too. There are so many variables I don't know if long range hurricane prediction will ever become a reality.
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Reply #6 - Sep 1st, 2019 at 10:09pm
 
Dorian. Catagory 5 supposed to hit S. Carolna in a few days  Cry
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Reply #7 - Sep 2nd, 2019 at 2:03pm
 
   Dorian is a monster.  There is more uncertainty about its path than  I can remember for any other hurricane.  They just don't know where it will make landfall.  Bahamas took a real beating.  It will be in the New Jersey area on Friday. Good luck to everyone in harms way.
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Reply #8 - Sep 21st, 2019 at 9:30pm
 
After a while one gets good at identifying the waves that might develop. Here's an interesting one coming off of Africa now.
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Reply #9 - Sep 23rd, 2019 at 6:24pm
 
Yep, it's got some rotation now...
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Reply #10 - Sep 23rd, 2019 at 6:24pm
 
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Reply #11 - Sep 28th, 2019 at 11:22pm
 
And that turned into Lorenzo, currently a Cat 5.
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