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2008 Hurricane Season Contest! Join today =)

Posted by: JLPR, 04:59 GMT le 22 mai 2008

We are in the 2008 Hurricane Season, Do you want to test your predicting ability? Well come and add your predictions to this contest and lets see how you do. The details are below.

- Contest 1st part: How many storms will form in the Atlantic 2008 Hurricane season?

- Contest 2nd part: Which are the top 5 most in danger places of getting hit by a tropical cyclone this year?

-Rules & Details- 1st part
-Give the amount of storms you think will form, the amount of them that could make it to hurricane status and the amount that could get to major hurricane status.
-I will award 20 points. 8 for the amount of storms, 6 for the amount of hurricanes and 6 for the amount of major hurricanes.
-I will give half the points if you get 1 too many or less.
-I will give two points if you get 2 too many or less.
-I will give one point if you get 3 too many or less.
-So what happens if there is a tie?
(-This is the tie breaker: How many invests you think could form in 08? Remember to answer it since it is necessary and may make you win).
-I will award 2 points for the invest part, one point if it was close(one too many or one less =).
-Oh also you have the chance to change your predictions until September 15, 2008!!

-Rules & Details- 2nd part
-Select five of the 13 areas that I give you as options.
-You will get a point for each of the areas that are most affected by tropical cyclones this year that are included in your list.
-This contest doesn't affect your chances of winning the first contest =).
-Select between:
1.The Leeward islands
2.The Windward islands
3.Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti
4.Florida
5.Jamaica, Cuba, Cayman islands
6.The Bahamas, Bermuda
7.North Carolina, South Carolina & Georgia.
8.The US Gulf Coast
9.Mexico, Yucatan
10.Central America
11.Venezuela & Colombia
12.The US east coast, north of North Carolina
13.Nova Scotia/Newfoundland (Atlantic Canada)
-This part is due June 30, 2008!!!

-So what do you win? well a neeeew car !!
lol not exactly, but you get to feel good and know that you are the best predictor or 8ball, crystal ball master lol. =P

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current # of storms: 1
current # of hurricanes: 0
current # of major hurricanes : 0
current # of invests: 2
areas affected so far: Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula 1
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Contest 1st part entries:

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1. HurricaneGeek - 17/7/4 - 34
2. Tazmanian - 20/9/4 - 40
3. charlesimages - 16/9/4 - 39
4. Bobbyweather- 16/7/4 - 41
5. mgreen91 - 20/8/5 - 30
6. extreme236 - 15/8/4 - 30
7. Weather456 - 15/7/3 - 30
8. stormdude77 - 16/7/4 - 35
9. Skyepony - 15/6/3 - 28
10. Ivan & Mo - 12/7/4 - 27
11. Stormchaser2007 - 17/9/4 - 31
12. GetReal - 16/8/4 - 27
13. pottery - 15/8/5 - 24
14. KarenRei - 15/7/2 - X
15. sngalla - 21/14/5 - 29
16. nrtiwlnvragn - 15/9/5 - 33
17. StormW - 14/8/4 - 32
18. ajcamsmom2 - 16/7/4 - 28
19. auburn - 12/7/3 - 33
20. all4hurricanes - 13/7/4 - X
21. Twinkster - 14/7/4 - 29
22. HurricaneSammy - 17/10/7 - 44
23. weatherblog - 20/11/7 - 41
24. jphurricane2006 - 15/8/4 - 44
25. MichaelSTL - 14/6/3 - 30
26. Hydrus - 15/8/4 - X
27. Orcasystems - 17/9/4 - 42
28. hurricaneguy87 - 15/8/3 - 34
29. taistelutipu - 18/9/5 - 40
30. JLPR - 16/6/3 - 37
31. Beachfoxx - 15/7/4 - 33
32. sullivanweather - 15/8/6 - 37
33. Twisterman555 - 17/9/5 - 35
34. KoritheMan - 14/8/4 - 40
35. taco2me61 - 22/12/6 - 35
36. acCane08 - 16/8/3 - 33
37. yamil20 - 11/8/3 - 22
38. StormThug - 14/8/5 - 25
39. bigtrucker - 15/8/2 - 29
40. Georges1998 - 14/7/3 - 38
41. Nashda - 25/10/5 - 35
42. Drakoen - 15/8/5 - 36
43. JFLORIDA - 20/8/6 - 32
44. TerraNova - 14/7/3 - 31

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Contest 2nd part entries:

LINK

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And of course I'm not eligible to win this contest so my entry is really, purely for fun =P.

Also if you like contests why not join another? Pass by HurricaneGeek's blog and join his 2008 Hurricane Season contest =).

- What the experts say? NOAA
12-16 named storms
6-9 Hurricanes
2-5 Major Hurricanes

Updated: 01:59 GMT le 28 juin 2008

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