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09-09-2018, 07:18 PM | #1 |
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We need more Names
BTW, the Pacific also has a tropical storm. The 16th this year. Three are currently in the Atlantic.
Once upon a time, an active hurricane season was four storms. 1960 meant Donna (fourth storm) was an unusually active season. Donna was particularly large - a category three. Hurricanes rarely got beyond the letter C. Today a normal season is over 10 storms. Ten is a quiet year. 2005 was so active that the hurricane center ran out of name; resorted to using Greek letters Alpha, Beta, Gamma .... Epsilon, and Zeta. That was 31 tropical storms of which 28 became hurricanes. The Don says global warming does not exist. This is normal. It must be true. The Don says so. |
09-10-2018, 07:44 PM | #2 |
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We just need a longer alphabet. Apparently the Russian alphabet has 33 letters -maybe The Don could ask hit buddy The Vlad if we can use that one?
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09-11-2018, 11:27 AM | #3 |
I think this line's mostly filler.
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Dr. Seuss has us covered there. Look out for Hurricane Yuzz-a-ma-Tuzz.
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09-11-2018, 04:46 PM | #4 |
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Nazareth is ready w/a similar name.
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09-12-2018, 06:00 PM | #5 | |
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Inspired by tw's original post, I went to find out what the actual science says about the number of Atlantic hurricanes and global warming.
The definitive look at this is presented by the Geographical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory at NOAA: "Global Warming and Hurricanes: An Overview of Current Research Results", revised June 2018. The current science says: Quote:
TL;DR: top scientists agree, the increasing number of Atlantic hurricanes cannot be attributed to global warming. It should theoretically increase them a bit, and may in the future. It's somewhat possible it may have changed how they operate in the Pacific. But so far, warming, in the Atlantic, no. What? But the number of named tropical storms and hurricanes has increased! Yes; and NOAA concludes, it's because we didn't notice them as much back in time. In the mid-60s, our ability to detect storms started to rise dramatically, when we worked out how to launch satellites to study the planet. Before that, a lot of storms were only found when ships at sea encountered them. Are you saying AGW is a sham?! No, I have earlier posted evidence of it. The satellites also find the warming. |
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09-12-2018, 09:24 PM | #6 | |
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Estimating the potential impact of climate change on Hurricane Florence
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09-12-2018, 09:30 PM | #7 |
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I say they are weapons of mass destruction, and we know they come from western Sahara, Mauritania, Morocco, and Algeria. So obviously we should declare war on Africa. USA! USA!
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09-12-2018, 10:05 PM | #8 |
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We'll see if the NOAA folks concur.
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09-13-2018, 08:59 AM | #9 |
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09-13-2018, 12:10 PM | #10 |
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via @HellerWeather on twitter
Seeing a horizontal band of storms really made the "tropical storm" part clear for me. re: florence weakening -- isn't that just the wind speed dropping? their paper was about rainfall and area. |
09-13-2018, 12:27 PM | #11 |
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They mention a longer time classified at a high category in the summary. The "intensity" graph is air pressure, rather than windspeed, but they're related. The "size" graph is also indirectly related to windspeed, as the "edge" of the storm is where the wind is 18mph. Not directly related, as a storm can "spread out", and become bigger while losing maximum windspeed.
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09-13-2018, 01:44 PM | #12 |
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I was a kid in SE Texas when Hurricane Carla showed her ugly face. A big limb from the crabapple tree in the backyard came through our living room ceiling. Wheeee! Dad (god bless 'im) got up on the roof with a tarp and tried to cover the hole/limb the best he could, just to keep the pounding rain out of the house. Didn't help much, but I have a very vivid and lasting memory of that day, and I was only 3.
Another memory from a later hurricane (Betsy?) . . . riding my bike through the flooded neighborhood streets, hitting a submerged something, and taking a face-first header into the water. Ah. Good times, good times. As for new names - why do they have to have people names? Why can't we start using names like Devil Dog, Big Mammajamma, or Get Out While You Can! ? |
09-13-2018, 06:35 PM | #13 |
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Live webcam of Florence arriving 34 miles off the coast (mute your speakers):
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09-13-2018, 06:57 PM | #14 |
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Ne'ermind, it's basically gone. Here's what it looked like about 15 minutes ago, right after the color died...
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09-13-2018, 07:08 PM | #15 |
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Apparently people in the YouTube chat (I had no idea that was a thing) had named the flag Kevin, and were lamenting his apparent demise.
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