Hurricane Definition and 71 Threads

The eye of a hurricane passes over Grand Bahama Island. It is moving in a direction 60.0° north of west with a speed of 41.0km/h. Exactly 3 hours later, the course of the hurricane shifts due north, and its speed slows to 25.0km/h. How far from Grand Bahama is the hurricane 4.50 hours after it...

Since many of us have personal interest in tropical weather, including myself, I thought it might be helpful to have a thread to keep up with it before it happens. Especially since this season is forecasted to be "very active" (NOAA) in the N. Atlantic. :frown: I think my main objective with...

Everyone say hi to tropical storm Zeta - she's new here. http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/FLOAT/IR4/20.jpg http://www.weather.gov/storms/zeta/

The story: when hurricane Rita came by, my dad and I were putting up boards when I decided to start making a formula to estimate the additional water that will be spewed into the streets due to people and the city cutting their grass before the storm. What I thought, cutting grass would...

I'm hearing a lot that this Atlantic hurricane season has broken records set in 1933 for most storms. How comprehensively were hurricanes monitored in 1933? It occurs to me that several storms this year were short lived and never made landfall (see here...

It is possible to run any of these hurricane models on a home desktop? If so, does anyone know where I can get information on the models? Can I download the model/source code/program itself? Will I need a data feed from the national weather service?

As of very recently. 150mph sustained winds, pressure down to 901mb (!), the fifth lowest on record (already surpassing Katrina's 902 mb). http://www.weatherunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200524.html" http://www.weatherunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200524_sat.html" edit: I found an...

What about the doomsday scenario for Manhattan when a Catagory 5 hurricane forces its storm surge up the Hudson?

Hurricanes grow stronger over warm waters and correspondingly lose strength over cool waters. Hurricanes typically need an ocean temperature of about 80º F, 26º C, to form. This page shows the cooler waters following Hurricane Bonnie caused Hurricane Danielle following in Bonnie's wake...

It has been one right after the other this hurricane season. Classes are canceled tomorrow, there are really long lines at the gasoline station and FPL is cutting down trees that could potentially down power lines. Personally, I'm not so worried about this one making a big impact in my area...

This is from a left-y site, but it was an astounding timeline. Have a look. I'd be curious if a similar right-y timeline existed. http://www.thinkprogress.org/katrina-timeline

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Hi, I'm British and so my news feeds are perhaps biased but I was wondering what is the genuine feeling of the American people over the aid efforts (seemingly much delayed) and the conduct of Bush throughout the crisis? For it seems it took the US central government over 3 days to respond to...

Hey guys, I survived the storm. This is the first time I've experienced a direct hit from a hurricane. I'm glad it was just a Category 1 storm. Right now I've got a gasoline generator powering my computer. There are some areas that are flooded in knee deep water. In my area particularly there...

Me and my friends are having a discussion on Hurricanes and the question came up if one was to detonate nuclear missile into the eye of a hurricane. what would happen ,some said the hurricane would get larger and more powerful. Is there some sort of answer to this? Maybe also a mathematical...

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Florida thought Jeanne would just go away, but no, it decides to turn around and come straight at us. Good luck to all of those people living in florida.

A site I picked up while in the Navy (stationed in Pascagoula, Mississippi, which is now getting absolutely hammered by Ivan): National Buoy Data Center. On the map, click Western Gulf, then Louisiana, Mississippia, then Station 42040 (Just off Mobile Bay). At 6:50 pm, it showed a 52 foot wave...

Are births more likely to occur during the low pressure of a hurricane?

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Someone at work had stated that it would take a wind speed of 120mph to lift a person lying on the ground into the air. I was curious and set out to find out if this was accurate. I am having some difficulty. In order to figure this out how does one equate wind speed to force. I am a...