Thoughts on the 2016 Hurricane Season

500 MB Height Anomaly Forecast Aug-Oct

500 MB Height Anomaly Forecast Aug-Oct  weatherbell.com

The extended 500 mb height anomalies forecast (via weatherbell.com) suggest strong blocking likely over the northeastern part of North America during the peak of the 2016 hurricane season.  This blocking was prevalent during 2005 when we set a record for named tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic including several US landfalling storms.  According to Joe Bastardi, Weatherbell meteorologist, regarding this season  “SST analog and to some extent many of the other climate models, are pointing at the high impact we have [forecast].”

2005 500 MB Anamaly Aug-Oct via NOAA Climate Prediction Center

2005 500 MB Anamaly Aug-Oct via NOAA Climate Prediction Center

 

 

Other conditions are not the same so we likely won’t see a large number of storms, however, the blocking ridge may steer whatever storms that develop into the Gulf of Mexico and/or near the US East Coast.

Fred Pickhardt
Ocean Weather Services

 

 

About Fred Pickhardt

I am a marine meteorologist and sailed briefly with American Export Lines in the Far East trade after graduating from State University of New York Maritime College. I have extensive experience in weather analysis, weather forecasting, optimum ship routing, vessel performance evaluations and forensic weather event reconstructions. I founded Ocean Weather Services and as Owner and Chief Consultant currently provide optimum ship routing services and forensic marine weather reports to the maritime industry.
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