What name are we up to? Just so I can say my prayers and name the right person.

 

 

My first thought----- HA! Just in time for school to begin, right Maxx!!

I remember last year, (I think- I'm getting older now)- we started school and then BAM! The next week, we were out for a few days.

Wasn't that the year before last?

Thanks!

 

I have a question. How come the storm by Hawaii is named Flossie if we are by the letter D? Just wondering.

Each basin has a seperate naming system and list.

 

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqB.html

 

 

I have a question. How come the storm by Hawaii is named Flossie if we are by the letter D? Just wondering.

Each basin has a seperate naming system and list.

 

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqB.html

 

An addendum to that; the Central Pacific Hurricane Center (The Hawai'i branch of the NHC) will keep the name of the storm from the East Pacific basin if it forms and keeps itself together from before and after it crosses the 140 degree W line. However, when a storm forms beyond that line, the CPHC naming list takes over with Hawai'in list (ex: Iniki in 1992 and Ioke of last year).

 

The same thing happens with Typhoons when the hurricane crosses over the International Date Line as Ioke did last year. However, when a hurricane in the atlantic basin crosses over and keeps the general structure together, it is renamed into whatever the East Pacific basin name would be.

What name are we up to? Just so I can say my prayers and name the right person.

 

 

My first thought----- HA! Just in time for school to begin, right Maxx!!

I remember last year, (I think- I'm getting older now)- we started school and then BAM! The next week, we were out for a few days.

Wasn't that the year before last?

 

 

Maybe it was. I should have won the "Oldest Poster" award last night. :mis2

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For those of you interested in more in depth analysis of the tropics I have a couple of recommendations. There are hundreds of sites. The main starting point should be the National Hurricane Center http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

 

Beyond that 1 site to avoid and 1 that's great.

Avoid Accuweather.com......run by Joe Bastardi, the Geraldo Rivera of hurricane forecasting. A hype job. And you have to pay for the hype.

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WeatherUnderground.com is a great site. Run by Dr. Jeff Masters. Check out his blog. There's many other blogs on this site. The one with the best and easiest to understand info is Weatherguy03's blog.

There's some extremely interesting info on this site. The best I've ever seen is a product put out by the Univ. of Colorado(I believe) that charts predicted damage, from tree limbs falling to total devastation, and everything in between. It's used by the insurance industry. You can zoom in on the zip code that you live in, or even closer. When Wilma was 24 hours away the data displayed there was unbelievably correct. Everything on this site is free.

Weather Underground is good to a certain point. Most of the officially linked bloggers are awesome, but oy vey the people on there are such wave-mongerers and panic doves.

Weather Underground is good to a certain point. Most of the officially linked bloggers are awesome, but oy vey the people on there are such wave-mongerers and panic doves.

Try the aforementioned Weatherguy03 blog and comments to his blog. This is where the serious talk is.

I recommend looking at some of the models as they run through.......just remember the cone's size.

 

NHC > * for info

 

As for AccuWeather, we use them on the blog for radar images and Breaking Weather video....but those two products are Bastardi-free.

 

I may add Video from The Weather Channel too if I can get an affiliation.

Bastardi is very good at climatological patterns in regards to hurricanes. However, there is a lot of hype with his stuff because he has to make Accuweather a little on the sensational side so people will buy memberships there.

So whens the son of a gun going to hit?

So whens the son of a gun going to hit?

 

If it is, latest next week Thursday.

So whens the son of a gun going to hit?

 

If it is, latest next week Thursday.

Unless it hits Texas, then it would be Saturday-Sunday.

Bad news wherever it hits.

thought i should post this: 80 Percent Chance Dean Will Make U.S. Landfall

 

still too early to tell, but friday appears to be judgement day from what i'm reading.

thought i should post this: 80 Percent Chance Dean Will Make U.S. Landfall

 

still too early to tell, but friday appears to be judgement day from what i'm reading.

 

My estimate was under the assumption that Florida was what Ralph was talking about.

 

 

But yes, Friday would definitely be it.

If it does hit Florida it would be late Thursday (August 23) early Friday (August 24) just like Andrew. Kinda eerie if you ask me.

Personal Note: Dean.....stay the f*** away from Tallahassee..esp. the east side!

i've been hearing rumors that the miami station (think it was ch. 6) was doing a hurricane special at 8 pm tonight, so it's becoming more likely this one may hit s. fla. i would like the resident experts to verify this.

i've been hearing rumors that the miami station (think it was ch. 6) was doing a hurricane special at 8 pm tonight, so it's becoming more likely this one may hit s. fla. i would like the resident experts to verify this.

Nothing is more likely right now as we are still at least a week out from Dean, but watching and preparing doesn't hurt.

 

I haven't seen anything from NBC6 or any other Miami TV station about airing a Hurricane Special tonight, but I will keep an eye out for it.

i've been hearing rumors that the miami station (think it was ch. 6) was doing a hurricane special at 8 pm tonight, so it's becoming more likely this one may hit s. fla. i would like the resident experts to verify this.

 

What does one have to do with the other? :blink: :|

i've been hearing rumors that the miami station (think it was ch. 6) was doing a hurricane special at 8 pm tonight, so it's becoming more likely this one may hit s. fla. i would like the resident experts to verify this.

Actually, it's looking less likely. But it's still something to keep an eye on until it's past us. I haven't heard anything about a "Hurricane Special", but this would have no correlation with the chances of the storm hitting SFla.

i've been hearing rumors that the miami station (think it was ch. 6) was doing a hurricane special at 8 pm tonight, so it's becoming more likely this one may hit s. fla. i would like the resident experts to verify this.

Actually, it's looking less likely. But it's still something to keep an eye on until it's past us. I haven't heard anything about a "Hurricane Special", but this would have no correlation with the chances of the storm hitting SFla.

 

 

Bingo. However, we'll have to see what happens when recon goes out tomorrow. That information will be invaluable to the models.

i've been hearing rumors that the miami station (think it was ch. 6) was doing a hurricane special at 8 pm tonight, so it's becoming more likely this one may hit s. fla. i would like the resident experts to verify this.

Actually, it's looking less likely. But it's still something to keep an eye on until it's past us. I haven't heard anything about a "Hurricane Special", but this would have no correlation with the chances of the storm hitting SFla.

 

 

Bingo. However, we'll have to see what happens when recon goes out tomorrow. That information will be invaluable to the models.

Very true. They're sending out 2 recons tomorrow. That info will add quite a bit to the forecast.

That hurricane special will be on channel 10. They mentioned it during the noon newscast.

 

I'll be watching something more interesting; Power of 10 on CBS.

Dean should be a hurricane by this time tomorrow. Time to start keeping on eye on it as it is getting within 5 days of us.

We're not in that stupid cone of doom so hopefully this is Ball One as far as hurricanes ago. For FL anyway.