2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season Running Thread

[Driftwood]

First look.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...forecast-quieter-season-possible/11648967002/

The likely development of El Niño should bring a "slightly below-average" Atlantic hurricane season, top forecasters announced Thursday at a hurricane conference in Texas. But the forecast also notes a high level of uncertainty.
Meteorologists from Colorado State University predict a total of 13 tropical storms will form, of which six will become hurricanes.

Colorado State meteorologist and lead author of the report Phil Klotzbach said that of the six predicted hurricanes, two should be major hurricanes – category 3, 4 or 5.

AccuWeather says 11-15 named storms, 4-8 hurricanes.
NOAA will release it's forecast in a few weeks.

 

[Driftwood]

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Too soon, man.

 

[Driftwood]

Hey, I waited two weeks later than I did starting last year's thread. We are seven weeks away from opening day.

 

[swingline]

Gert? WTF?

 

[micropolitan guy]

Thank god for an El Nino year. Three straight La Ninas has been unbearable, still 10-15 degrees below normal here in the PNW and 2+ times the normal rainfall for the month.

 

[Spartan Squad]

Gert? WTF?

My son is also named Gert.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Ophelia even has a theme song.

 

[Driftwood]

My hope is this year's list of names is so sorry that all the potential storms will refuse to form because they don't want to be named that.

 

[Della9250]

Gert? WTF?

I get that there is a limited number of G names for women, but what I can't figure out is how is Gary not an option on the men's side?

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Unisex names should be available like Chris and Pat.

 

[swingline]

My son is also named Gert.

Birth certificate (the long form) or GTFO.

 

[Spartan Squad]

Birth certificate (the long form) or GTFO.

Hang on, I’ve got it here somewhere

 

[BTExpress]

Gert crossthread alert:

The Love Boat thread led me down this rabbit hole:

Welcome Aboard: Every ‘Love Boat’ Guest Star … EVER

Which led me to this:

Nancy Kulp (1921-1991) — Kulp, TV's ultimate sour spinster (and in real life a perfectly cool lesbian), sailed three times. Because of the limited imaginations of writers, she was named "Gert" TWICE. Totally different characters! On her first cruise, she played a sexphobic woman traveling with her similarly uptight sis (Pat Carroll), the long-suffering wife of an old-time boxer (Alan Hale Jr.) and finally the aunt of a secretly obnoxious teen star (Alison Arngrim)./QUOTE]

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Hurricane Barclay will be smooth onshoring but will suck your bank account dry.

 

[Driftwood]

 

[User 1019]

That reminds me to check the generator this weekend!

 

[dixiehack]

Yee haw

 

[Batman]

Yee haw

I didn't know that "recorded history" began in 1982. I know I'm feeling old these days, but I certainly didn't think I was prehistoric.

 

[dixiehack]

If I wanted to fight about it I’d have stuck it on the climate thread. Just noting that the Gulf is a boiling kettle, which bodes ill for all of us trying to reason with hurricane season.