Hurricanes 2012

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 27 May 2012, 20:46

Not a hurricane but the first named Tropical Storm of the season, Beryl, is hitting north-east Florida with 50kt winds.

hardworkinghippy · Post by **hardworkinghippy** » 27 May 2012, 21:08

Although Beryl is an unwelcome sight for those at the beach this Memorial Day weekend, the storm will deliver a dose of much needed rainfall to parts of the Southeast that are currently suffering from severe to exceptional drought.

It's an ill wind that blows nobody good.

Eternal Sunshine · Post by **Eternal Sunshine** » 04 Jun 2012, 23:29

Sign of the times that they need a tropical storm to help them out of drought.

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 07 Aug 2012, 21:00

Windy weather again

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 07 Aug 2012, 23:29

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19161991

Tropical Storm Ernesto has reached hurricane strength while passing northern Honduras, and is approaching Belize and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

The US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said it is bringing heavy rains and winds of up to 130km/h (80mph).

dudley · Post by **dudley** » 21 Aug 2012, 19:36

There is a chance that the Republican convention, which will be held to nominate the Romney/Ryan climate change denial team, will be disrupted.

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/ ... 57184622/1

UndercoverElephant · Post by **UndercoverElephant** » 25 Aug 2012, 12:25

TS/Hurricane Isaac is now predicted to make a direct hit on New Orleans.

Post by **clv101** » 25 Aug 2012, 12:47

It's just a baby though. The odds are 50:50 of it even becoming a hurricane and only ~20% of it developing past Cat. 1.

UndercoverElephant · Post by **UndercoverElephant** » 29 Aug 2012, 15:32

Hurricane Kirk (to be) is looking rather curious:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

Most hurricanes continue towards the Americas from the location Kirk is now in, but this one is about to do a U-turn and by Monday (when it will still be a hurricane) it will be in the middle of the North Atlantic, apparently heading towards the UK.

PS_RalphW · Post by **PS_RalphW** » 29 Aug 2012, 17:51

Not so unusual. They usually blow out to just another wet and windy day, or they stay south and sink ships in the bay of Biskay.

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 29 Aug 2012, 21:02

This map shows all historic storms from within 2 degrees of Kirk's location, so it looks like that's what they do.

A while later we get out 'equinoctial gales' from the remnants such storms.

Post by **clv101** » 25 Oct 2012, 07:10

Hurricane Sandy looks interesting. It's just hit Cuba as a cat 2 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20078215).

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 27 Oct 2012, 11:56

This one looks really complex with weather systems merging to form a big, slow moving storm across a wide area of north east USA.

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/26/us/tr ... index.html

http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hur ... m-20121025

There's talk of pressure falling below 950mb

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 27 Oct 2012, 14:24

Back up from tropical storm to hurricane: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/ ... 7A20121027

Post by **kenneal - lagger** » 27 Oct 2012, 15:21

clv101 wrote:Hurricane Sandy looks interesting. It's just hit Cuba as a cat 2 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20078215).

Poor old Cubans seem to get all the crap from the US: invasions, sanctions, hurricanes....