That article is fucking stupid.

9/2/2011 12:34:17 PM

you're right, the weather stations located where the eye made landfall are wrong!!

[Edited on September 2, 2011 at 12:41 PM. Reason : i realize these are measurements taken at the surface. Isn't that the standard measurement point?]

9/2/2011 12:37:14 PM

I didn't say anything about the stations being right or wrong.


Oh, wait....this is the part where you make assumptions!

9/2/2011 12:42:09 PM

your chit chat thread is waiting for you. This thread is for serious discussions.

9/2/2011 12:43:58 PM

I'm completely serious when I say that article is fucking stupid.

9/2/2011 12:45:31 PM

Quote :

"From the HWIND analysis, which including data that comes in much too late for real-time processing, the last time a hurricane force surface wind could legitimately be claimed is probably 27/2230z when it was crossing the VA border. "

Not my words, rather those of a hurricane scientist.

[Edited on September 2, 2011 at 1:12 PM. Reason : ugh]

I don't claim to be a weather expert but I'm looking for good discussion

[Edited on September 2, 2011 at 1:18 PM. Reason : not smart asses]

9/2/2011 1:12:08 PM

I'm no weather expert, either.

I'll bite, but first I'd like you to state your position in your own words. Tell me what you'd like to discuss.

(I'm busy for the next few hours, but I'll be back)

9/2/2011 1:35:02 PM

I followed this hurricane almost all the way through. There were times when I thought that the wind speeds might be being exaggerated. Whether to save face, or to keep people from underestimating a still very dangerous storm. A particular instance was the path into the northeast. The storm was sucking in dry air, it looked like shit, made a second landfall in NJ, and the pressure was rising very quickly, yet they were still hanging on to the 75 mph winds that they had been for several hundred miles. It seemed a little off.

Also, there was an update from one of the Storm Chasers guys who said "Tropical Storm...excuse me Hurricane Irene".

9/2/2011 2:33:34 PM

some amateur/local weather nerds/people in Pamlico county clocked winds in excess of 100 mph...

9/2/2011 3:09:00 PM

Gusts and 1 min sustained winds are two different things though

9/2/2011 3:17:15 PM

video over rodanthe and hatteras

9/2/2011 3:48:13 PM

^^^^Get the conspiracy theory out of here. Yes this storm was overhyped but it had pressure still in the 960s when it was rapidly rising. That is very appropriate for those winds. Hurricane hunters were still flying in and recording those winds aloft while it was off the coast of the midatlantic.

9/2/2011 4:17:42 PM

cat 4 now

9/5/2011 11:02:28 PM

9/5/2011 11:07:23 PM

^^wat

9/5/2011 11:40:10 PM

^katia is currently cat4

9/5/2011 11:48:25 PM

Quote :

"Gusts and 1 min sustained winds are two different things though"

Exactly.

Katia is a non issue. Will she produce nice surf this weekend though? I might head down to the coast.

9/6/2011 1:47:18 PM

Tropical Storm Lee is a butthead. My entire nursing program was stuck in an auditorium with each other for 2 hours
as we waited for the tornado warning to go away. We spotted funnel clouds in the direction of Hillsborough- maybe that was the tornado just spawned in Schley?

At least my test was canceled .

9/6/2011 2:03:49 PM

Maria Maria

9/7/2011 3:04:06 PM

There was a ferry terminal that had 90mph sustained with a gust to 115. That tells me it was a hurricane at landfall in NC.

9/7/2011 3:26:35 PM

so what's the long term on maria?

9/7/2011 4:43:49 PM

Looks like this could bring some rain our way again.

9/8/2011 11:46:17 AM

Looks like a direct hit to me, middle of next week. Time to batten down the hatches.

9/8/2011 11:58:42 AM

thankfully Katia took all the energy away from Maria. Nate, however, is gon' fuck some shit up

9/8/2011 1:59:00 PM

looks like maria is gonna take the mother of all right-hand turns.

9/9/2011 7:16:51 PM

9/21/2011 8:26:26 AM

Ophelia so bad for yourself, move AWAY from the water!!

9/21/2011 8:33:50 AM

So, how much of a chance is there that ^^ could mess up my honeymoon in the Domincan Rupublic, I'm flying there on Sunday.

9/21/2011 9:28:51 AM

Pretty good.

You people, scheduling trips to the DR and PR, etc. etc. in the middle of hurricane season. I will never understand it.

9/21/2011 9:49:57 AM

^I lived in the DR for two years, got lucky in that there wasn't a hurricane the whole time. In that same time period there were several back in NC. But yeah, why risk it - just go when it's not hurricane season. Besides, what better time to go than Jan or Feb when you want a break from the colder weather.

[Edited on September 21, 2011 at 11:33 AM. Reason : -]

9/21/2011 11:31:54 AM

OH WE BACK

MariOphelia.jpg

9/21/2011 4:37:55 PM

from the weather channel "It's unlikely that Ophelia will directly impact the U.S., however it is too soon to be 100% certain."

spoken like a true weatherman

9/21/2011 5:29:54 PM

spoken like a true weatherman person from the weather channel...

9/21/2011 5:35:52 PM

in other words, nothing to see here folks, move along

9/21/2011 6:02:54 PM

Fucking mosquitoes.

9/29/2011 10:44:34 PM

Today's rain is tropical in nature. (Cool story, bro!)

10/11/2011 12:02:11 PM