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Old 10-19-2005, 12:24 PM   #11
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The long-range forecast has Wilma weakening to a Category 3 by Saturday, before hitting the United States. Due to the erratic nature of hurricane movement, such long-term forecasts often change.
Let's hope the forecasts are right for a change, though. Good luck in any case, Z. [/QUOTE]Yeah, there is an upper level low that will shear it, which should weaken it before a landfall in Florida. (prays)

3 of these in 7 weeks. When these are sometimes once in a lifetime events. Amazing. The planets weather is changing.
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Old 10-19-2005, 12:49 PM   #12
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Lowest pressure recorded in the Atlantic Basin... the lowest pressure ever recorded for a storm was Typhoon Tip at 870mb.
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Old 10-19-2005, 01:49 PM   #13
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Lowest pressure recorded in the Atlantic Basin... the lowest pressure ever recorded for a storm was Typhoon Tip at 870mb.
According to my info that was hurricane Gilbert, in 1987 iirc.
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Old 10-19-2005, 05:21 PM   #14
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Wow, there really have been a large number of hurricanes and storms this year! Take care, Dan, and get out if it looks bad! We don't want a tree falling on you, Donna or Choc!
If I'm not too much mistaken, the number of hurricanes is not what is unusual, as they come and go all the time in the seas. It's the amount of these mega hurricanes making landfall that is astonishing. It has been quite a while since I researched hurricanes, though, so don't take my word for granted!

How does a low pressure count effect the storms behaviour, by the way? Does it make it stronger or more destructive, or is it just another figure? [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Old 10-19-2005, 07:04 PM   #15
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There is some correlation between central pressure and hurricane strength, although this doesn't always hold true. The lower the central pressure, the stronger the high-pressure winds around the eye wall rush in to equalize the pressure difference. The true source of all hurricane strength, though, is water temperature; the warmer the water the more heat and energy the hurricane absorbs.

Hurricanes generally release anywhere from 5 megatons to 20 megatons (or more) of energy each minute! [img]graemlins/jawdrop.gif[/img] I was discussing elsewhere back during Katrina about some people who thought that detonating nuclear devices to diffuse a hurricane's strength. [img]graemlins/idontagreeatall.gif[/img] We would have to fire all our nuclear weapons at only one hurricane and maybe--just maybe--we could do something to it. But probably not...except to heat up the water even more and create a category 6. [img]graemlins/saywhat.gif[/img]


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Old 10-20-2005, 11:48 AM   #16
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Maybe the planet has decided it's had enough of the human race and is taking steps to cure the disease as it were.

This seems to be a bad year for hurricanes. My cousin had to evacuate from her place in Florida again because of it. But hurricane season should be over pretty soon, right?
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Old 10-20-2005, 02:44 PM   #17
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Gilbert was a vertiable lightweight at 888mb.
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