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2005 Named Storms and Stats
(only Hurricanes impacting North America will be voted for)

Tropical Storm Arlene 06/08 - 06/12   70mph max winds - 989mb Minimum Pressure - Landfall Florida/Alabama border Tropical Storm Bret 06/28 - 06/30 40mph max winds - 1004mb Minimum Pressure - Landfall Mexico Tropical Storm Cindy 07/03 - 07/06 70mph max winds 997mb Minimum Pressure - Landfall Lousiana Hurricane Dennis 07/05 - 07/11 150mph max winds 930mb Minimum Pressure - Landfall Santa Rosa Island, FL - Cat 3 Satellite Image (courtesy wunderground.com)    EC Hurrislam(s) - Monster Hurricane Emily 07/11 - 07/21 155mph max winds 930mb Minimum Pressure - Landfall San Fernando, Mexico - Cat 3 Satellite Image (courtesy NASA Rapidfire) Tropical Storm Franklin 07/21 - 07/29 70mph max winds 997mb Minimum Pressure - No US/MX Landfall Tropical Storm Gert 07/23 - 07/25 45mph max winds 1005mb Minimum Pressure - Landfall Central Mexico Tropical Storm Harvey 08/02 - 08/08 65mph max winds 994mb Minimum Pressure - No US/MX Landfall Hurricane Irene (non predicted) 08/04 - 08/18 100mph max winds 975mb Minimum Pressure - No US/MX Landfall Satellite Image (courtesy NASA Rapidfire) Tropical Storm Jose 08/22 - 08/23 50mph max winds 1001mb Minimum Pressure - Landfall Central Mexico Hurricane Katrina 08/23- 08/30 175mph max winds 902mb Minimum Pressure - Landfall Buras, LA - Cat 4 Satellite Image (courtesy wunderground.com) Satellite Image (courtesy NASA Rapidfire) Tropical Storm Lee 08/28 - 09/02 40mph max winds 1007mb Minimum Pressure - No US/MX Landfall Hurricane Maria 09/01 - 09/10 115mph max winds 960mb Minimum Pressure - No US/MX Landfall Hurricane Nate 09/05 - 09/10 90mph max winds 975mb Minimum Pressure - No US/MX Landfall Hurricane Ophelia 09/06 - 09/18 85mph max winds 976mb Minimum Pressure - No US/MX Landfall Satellite Image (courtesy NASA Rapidfire) Hurricane Philippe 09/17- 09/24 80mph max winds 985mb Minimum Pressure - No US/MX Landfall Hurricane Rita 09/18- 09/25 175mph max winds 897mb Minimum Pressure - Landfall Sabine Pass TX/LA - Cat 3 Satellite Image (courtesy NASA Rapidfire) Hurricane Stan 10/01- 10/05 80mph max winds 979mb Minimum Pressure - Landfall Southern Mexico Tropical Storm Tammy 10/05 - 10/06 50mph max winds 1001mb Minimum Pressure - Landfall Mayport, FL Hurricane Vince 10/09- 10/11 75mph max winds 987mb Minimum Pressure - No US/MX Landfall Hurricane Wilma 10/15- 10/25 175mph max winds 882mb Minimum Pressure - Landfall Marco Island, FL - Cat 3 Satellite Image (courtesy NASA Rapidfire) EC Hurrislam(s) - Offshore_Angler12 Tropical Storm Alpha 10/05 - 10/06 50mph max winds 998mb Minimum Pressure - Landfall Mayport, FL Hurricane Beta 10/27- 10/31 115mph max winds 960mb Minimum Pressure - Landfall Nicaragua - Cat 2 Tropical Storm Gamma 11/14 - 11/21 45mph max winds 1004mb Minimum Pressure - No US/MX Landfall Tropical Storm Delta 11/23 - 11/28 70mph max winds 980mb Minimum Pressure - No US/MX Landfall Tropical Storm Epsilon 11/29 - 12/03 70mph max winds 990mb Minimum Pressure - No US/MX Landfall

2005 EC Hurricane Prediction Point Rules & Standings
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- Users will be able to cast their prediction in the forum as soon as a Hurricane offcially developes. Users will be able to cast their prediction and continue to revise it until voting is closed 2 days est. before landfall or sooner/later dependant on speed and location.
- Points are given within geological reason and category strength on the Saffir Simpson scale.
- Points are given as follows...  
2 Points for predicting landfall strength (Saffir Simpson Cat. Scale).. and
3 Points are given to correct landfall location (within 100 miles).. or
5 Points are given if you predicted the exact city/location of landfall.
1 Point is given for simply entering. Sympathy points may be given for close prediction data.
Guessing exact location and Cat. strength = Hurrislam and 10 points

Intensity	Saffir-Simpson Scale goes as follows
Category 1	Winds 74-95 mph (64-82 knots or 119-153 km/hr) - Storm surge generally 4-5 ft above normal. No real damage to building structures. Damage primarily to unanchored mobile homes, shrubbery, and trees. Some damage to poorly constructed signs. Also, some coastal road flooding and minor pier damage.
Category 2	Winds 96-110 mph (83-95 knots or 154-177 km/hr) - Storm surge generally 6-8 feet above normal. Some roofing material, door, and window damage of buildings. Considerable damage to shrubbery and trees with some trees blown down. Considerable damage to mobile homes, poorly constructed signs, and piers. Coastal and low-lying escape routes flood 2-4 hours before arrival of the hurricane center. Small craft in unprotected anchorages break moorings.
Category 3	Winds 111-130 mph (96-113 knots or 178-209 km/hr) - Storm surge generally 9-12 ft above normal. Some structural damage to small residences and utility buildings with a minor amount of curtainwall failures. Damage to shrubbery and trees with foliage blown off trees and large tress blown down. Mobile homes and poorly constructed signs are destroyed. Low-lying escape routes are cut by rising water 3-5 hours before arrival of the hurricane center. Flooding near the coast destroys smaller structures with larger structures damaged by battering of floating debris. Terrain continuously lower than 5 ft above mean sea level may be flooded inland 8 miles (13 km) or more. Evacuation of low-lying residences with several blocks of the shoreline may be required.
Category 4	Winds 131-155 mph (114-135 knots or 210-249 km/hr) - Storm surge generally 13-18 ft above normal. More extensive curtainwall failures with some complete roof structure failures on small residences. Shrubs, trees, and all signs are blown down. Complete destruction of mobile homes. Extensive damage to doors and windows. Low-lying escape routes may be cut by rising water 3-5 hours before arrival of the hurricane center. Major damage to lower floors of structures near the shore. Terrain lower than 10 ft above sea level may be flooded requiring massive evacuation of residential areas as far inland as 6 miles (10 km).
Category 5	Winds greater than 155 mph (135 knots or 249 km/hr) - Storm surge generally greater than 18 ft above normal. Complete roof failure on many residences and industrial buildings. Some complete building failures with small utility buildings blown over or away. All shrubs, trees, and signs blown down. Complete destruction of mobile homes. Severe and extensive window and door damage. Low-lying escape routes are cut by rising water 3-5 hours before arrival of the hurricane center. Major damage to lower floors of all structures located less than 15 ft above sea level and within 500 yards of the shoreline. Massive evacuation of residential areas on low ground within 5-10 miles (8-16 km) of the shoreline may be required.

2005 EC Hurricane Prediction Standings

Winner 2005 EC Hurricane Prediction Points 1st Place - 42 points   Monster (Hurrislams - 1) 2nd Place - 39 points Surfrunner, leni69 3rd Place - 36 points twiztedrod 4th Place - 35 points 1bgsub 5th Place - 32 points Tiburon, ShawnQ 6th Place - 30 points Shadow 7th Place - 29 points Mr. Champ, Vern 8th Place - 27 points Torpedo 9th Place - 26 points Sean 10th Place - 25 points Oz 11th Place - 24 points Jolly Roger, MJ 12th Place - 23 points OsoLost 13th Place - 22 points sHarK 14th Place - 21 points Dane, safirenfish 15th Place - 20 points aquaman, OldSalt 16th Place - 19 points dangling fury 17th Place - 17 points Yakmon, Offshore_Angler12 (Hurrislams - 1) 18th Place - 16 points frenzy, Augie 19th Place - 15 points heath, Gringo, Yakmon 20th Place - 13 points hickroots07, Gator 21st Place - 12 points gulfsharkfishing, Throw'd Off, neverenough, Ken77 22nd Place - 11 points Killntime, Moose, animal, p_w, Big Sherm 23rd Place - 10 points stringer, Chomper, osobsessed 24th Place - 9 points JDUB, chomper, fish-a-mon, marweb0 25th Place - 8 points flakman, willbo 26th Place - 7 points Iseespots2, krash, spooner, muckus, flatwater, txsharker, LO, steve, fishbyte, still fishing, screename, JayCamx33 27th Place - 6 points pelican, Sportfisher, allsharkhunter, hector200, Baygal, stargazer 28th Place - 5 points Barnacle Bill, surfmaster 29th Place - 4 points crhfish, whos high pitch, Tall Steve, austinbrian, North Texan, sparky, bumpy, Gill, JD761, Big Lou, Cubs83, CFP 30th Place - 3 points northpaw, FS552, Son of Neptune, Tunakilla 31st Place - 2 points ginman, Daniel E. 32nd Place - 1 point Kyle aka Kcon, Allsharkhunter, sharkboy_12/0, parrothead, rodbreaker, cajunsan, Richman, licka, sharkhunter.72, donkeylong, tsunami surfer, Big R, puretexn, chesshercowboy, repofish, masonator (Register in the forum and submit your predictions for current storms)

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