{"id":828,"date":"2016-06-29T12:57:48","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T17:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/?p=828"},"modified":"2016-06-29T16:11:59","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T21:11:59","slug":"thoughts-on-the-2016-hurricane-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/29\/thoughts-on-the-2016-hurricane-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on the 2016 Hurricane Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_829\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/blog1.gif\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-829\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-829\" src=\"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/blog1-300x274.gif\" alt=\"500 MB Height Anomaly Forecast Aug-Oct\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-829\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">500 MB Height Anomaly Forecast Aug-Oct \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.weatherbell.com\/\">weatherbell.com<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The extended 500 mb height anomalies forecast (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weatherbell.com\/\">weatherbell.com<\/a>) suggest strong blocking likely over the northeastern part of North America during the peak of the 2016 hurricane season. \u00a0This blocking was prevalent during 2005 when we set a record for named tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic including several US landfalling storms. \u00a0According to Joe Bastardi, Weatherbell meteorologist, regarding this season \u00a0&#8220;SST\u00a0analog and to some extent many of the other climate models, are pointing at the high impact we have [forecast].&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_830\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/blog2.gif\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-830\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-830\" src=\"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/blog2-791x1024.gif\" alt=\"2005 500 MB Anamaly Aug-Oct via NOAA Climate Prediction Center\" width=\"640\" height=\"829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/blog2-791x1024.gif 791w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/blog2-232x300.gif 232w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/blog2-768x994.gif 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2005 500 MB Anamaly Aug-Oct via NOAA <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/\">Climate Prediction Center<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other conditions are not the same so we likely won\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n<p>Fred Pickhardt<br \/>\nOcean Weather Services<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. \u00a0This blocking was prevalent during 2005 when we set a record for &hellip; 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