BS: Storm Thread

Subject: RE: BS: Storm Thread
From: CarolC
Date: 03 Sep 08 - 03:24 PM

Now Hanna looks like it will be making landfall right here on top of us. Hopefully its path will continue to shift eastwards, and if that happens, it won't spend much time directly on top of much of the coastline at all. Nevertheless, while I have a good supply of water on hand, I believe I will be fetching some more before Saturday.

Subject: RE: BS: Storm Thread
From: Donuel
Date: 03 Sep 08 - 11:12 AM

I had a feeling about this season and told my neighbor to arrange for some tree topping for safety reasons this spring.

She didn't believe what I was saying.

I expect to be making our own electricity for a week or two here in MD

The last time this area of MD was hit by a powerful hurricaine was over 110 years ago. Virtually all the trees back then were laid down.

The last great wind here was 4 years ago with 70 mph gusts from Hurricane Fred.

Subject: RE: BS: Storm Thread
From: Bill D
Date: 03 Sep 08 - 11:05 AM

We in DC won't get a hurricane, but it sure looks rainy for Friday night/Saturday.

Our monthly Open Sing is this Friday night...

Subject: RE: BS: Storm Thread
From: CarolC
Date: 03 Sep 08 - 08:20 AM

I know, and it looks like it might make landfall just south of us, and we'll be on the tornado side of the storm if it does. Yikes indeed.

Subject: RE: BS: Storm Thread
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 03 Sep 08 - 07:33 AM

The current 5-day cone for Hanna almost looks like somebody's idea of a joke. It has the storm hitting South Carolina as a hurricane and then hugging the Atlantic coast all the way to Newfoundland, not dropping below tropical storm intensity the entire way. If that track holds, it will affect every city on the Atlantic seaboard from Savannah northward. Yikes!

Subject: RE: BS: Storm Thread
From: CarolC
Date: 02 Sep 08 - 01:55 PM

Gustav is now a tropical storm. Hanna has gone from hurricane back to tropical storm, but it's predicted to become a hurricane again before making landfall (probably in South Carolina). One of the areas of development has become Tropical Storm Josephine. Here's the five day cone for Josephine...

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at5.shtml?5day#contents

Subject: BS: Storm Thread
From: CarolC
Date: 01 Sep 08 - 09:32 PM

There's so many storms sprouting off the coast of Africa right now, it might be useful to have a thread to give people a heads up about them as they emerge.

Right now, we have Hurricanes Gustav and Hanna, and Tropical Storm Ike. There are some other areas of activity that could develop into named storms in the next few days.


Here's the five day cone for Gustav...

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at2+shtml/144112.shtml?5day#contents


Here's the five day cone for Hanna...

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/144212.shtml?5day#contents


Here's the five day cone for Ike...

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at4.shtml?5day#contents


Graphic showing all of the storms and other weather activity...

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


Satellite imagery for the northwestern Atlantic...

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/nwatl/vis-l.jpg


Satellite imagery for the area of the Atlantic just off the northwestern coast of Africa (this one doesn't work at night)...

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/EATL/VIS/20.jpg