Heads up!
It seems that the eye wall cycle is almost complete and that she will now wind herself back up to a 5?
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Heads up!
It seems that the eye wall cycle is almost complete and that she will now wind herself back up to a 5?
:(
Yep, they're predicting she will wind back up to Cat 5 just in time to cross the Yucatan Peninsula, then weaken again to become approx. Cat 3 when she comes ashore in S. Florida.
For the record, I am as close to "in the clear" as I can be and still be in the same state, which is a relief for me. I'm just really sorry for the people who aren't.
And as much as I hate to say it....if you actually read about the weather cycles in the Atlantic Ocean, this has nothing to do with Global Warming, George Bush, or the Kyoto Agreement that he refused to sign. It's part of a 20-30 year cycle. A period of extremely severe storms followed by a period of lesser storms is totally normal. Yes, 3 of the top 6 strongest hurricanes ever recorded have occured in the last 7 weeks. However, the recording time is less than 150 years. This is not to say that there haven't been even stronger storms than this before now. It's a global weather cycle, and we're stuck in the crappy part of the cycle right now.
Hey Debs~
Get packed up and come over here...........kids can watch/play real soccer? and we can monitor the storm............I don't know what your hubby is into, but I am sure we have it here............golf, fishing?
Hey, that is a real offer to genuine AO'ers.................my house is open (mind the sidewinder on the porch)
:D
You know it's almost Winter here and I'm just waiting for the commercial on TV "Come to Florida" and how nice it is there while it shows New York and Michigan in a snow storm.
All goes to show you, it all depends how you look at it. Now some people may look at that summer beach in Florida and the Blizzards here and think the beach is nicer, but I'd LOVE to remake that commercial and show the same three areas, one in Florida and how the business there is losing around $5,000,000.00 a day because of another Hurricane, and then...
I'd show Christmas day in the other two areas. The scene would show a Fireplace with the background being a shot of the windows showing outside: Snow and some deer. Then it would show Christmas morning with some snow gently falling and kids all happy and playing in the snow and drinking hot Cocoa. Then it would cut back to Florida being ripped like Goatse.cx ass by a Hurricane and the power being out.
If you've seen the commercial before where it showed Winter is horrible, you know what I am talking about. And the reason for all this? Perception of a place seems as if it's everything. why try walking in 7 feet of snow when you can be on a beach in Florida drunk?
Well, I hate Spring and Summer, so why sit in 90 degree weather on Christmas with no snow when you can be in a half blizzard with the heat on looking outside at how pretty it looks, and knowing the meaning of a White Christmas?
My half awake ramble.
Anyway, that Hurricane has slowed down a lot. Supposed to be near Florida already but it's in Mexico hanging out. The funny part ids Florida is losing money left and right because as I said They are losing $5,000,000.00 a day waiting for it. Everyone is leaving so only around 10% of the people buying things are actually there, and soon, all of those are going to be gone as well.
Looks like it may actually get stronger too. Just me, I don't have a degree in Meteorologist stuff, but I am trained in severe storms. Anyway deb, hopefully DTE doesn't have to make a trip to you this year and your house isn't damaged.
Time for a Caribbean Sea / Gulf of Mexico traffic report.
Well if you're wondering why this thing is purportedly going to "sling shot" east-northeast and not north to LA. Well here is why, a low-pressure trough moving in from Canada.
You can see the jet stream that's gonna put the big-hurt on Wilma if she tries to come north.
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USN...m&prodnav=none
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USN...p&prodnav=none
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USN...s&prodnav=none
It looks as if it might strengthen some over the Gulf and land as a cat 2 or 3:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...l/222109.shtml
I suspect the heavy rain will be more of a problem than the wind. It is moving very slowly, and that is not good.
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Well one thing is for sure, at least what we have seen from record. The last thing to release this amount of energy on that peninsula was a meteor six miles wide that caused the Chicxulub crater, from who knows where in space. You don't want to know about the amount of kinetic energy released from that mother load. 4.3×10²³ joules of energy hoss!
So what you're saying is it's all Canada's fault? I knew it! BASTARDS! :pQuote:
Originally posted here by !mitationRust
Well if you're wondering why this thing is purportedly going to "sling shot" east-northeast and not north to LA. Well here is why, a low-pressure trough moving in from Canada.
And seriously...now we have Tropical Storm Alpha. I'm not amused.
Hi Debs,
Sorry to have to drop colleagues in it, but those first three maps on the NOAA site are experimental, and do not seem to have been refreshed? They look like Wilma to me?
It seems from the 3 and 5 day forecast maps that Alpha will pass well to the east of you guys? and follow the classic recurve into the North Atlantic.
:)
From what I read this morning, Alpha isn't even named anymore, but will probably be again later this evening. It looks as though it will get stuck over Hispaniola for now, and caught up in Wilma tomorrow. Tomorrow's weather will be crappy here (forecasting very heavy rain and winds to 44 mph) but not nearly as bad as it is further south!