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Pressure or Winds - something’s not right with Kyle
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:02:25 UTC
Here we go again. Only, instead of winds not matching pressure, we seem to have pressure not matching winds. Again, pressure drives wind. End of subject! Kyle’s winds should not be brought into question this time. The recon found 80kt flight level winds. Subtract the typical 10% for surface winds and you have about 70kts, 5kts higher ( read more )
You say potato, I say give me a break
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:36:08 UTC
I won’t focus much on Tropical Storm Kyle until I get a better idea of where it’s going, if it even survives. The system is very poorly defined and is on the verge of pulling a Josephine. However, the weaker system will be influenced by different factors and a track further west than currently forecasted ( read more )
North Carolina Storm Is Not A Tropical Storm
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:17:35 UTC
This is rather simple. A tropical cyclone by definition is a warm-core barotropic low pressure system. What exactly is defined as warm? If the outer area of a low pressure system is cooler than the inner area, this is a warm-core low. The opposite is true for a cold-core low where the outer area is ( read more )
Tropical Depression Eleven developing over Puerto Rico
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:12:57 UTC
Watching the Texans right now so this post will be short. Have been monitoring Puerto Rico radar south of Arroyo. There is definately a mid-level circulation. Recon is just getting to the system so time will tell if there is yet a surface circulation. If a closed circulation is not found, ( read more )
Search begins today for dead in Chambers County
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:07:04 UTC
Just to the east of where Hurricane Ike moved ashore it is believed hundreds of residents may have still been on Bolivar Peninsula in such low-lying areas as Gilchrist and Caplen. Though search and rescuers have been able to get on what is now Bolivar Island, there have not been many reports of discovered ( read more )