dmcowen674
No Lifer
Originally posted by: JohnCU
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: JohnCU
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Originally posted by: Eli
Isn't it moving kinda fast? = less overall damage and flooding?
It doesn't look very well organized? Is it going through an eyewall regen cycle?
Dry air is getting sucked into it.
The NE quadrant, which is usually the very worst part, is actually pretty weak.
What? Who said that?
Gustav 8-31-08 7pm.jpg
It's tightening up, just becoming a smaller still very powerful compact storm.
Very common to get compact when forward speed picks up like it has.
It's moving at nearly 20 mph.
Also don't forget to add that 20 mph to the overall wind speed.
So if they are say it's 115mph now it's 135 mph effective force.
where did you hear that? i've lived on the coast my entire life and have never heard that.
Hurricane Basics
The winds around the hurricane's eye are moving in a counterclockwise fashion.
At Point A, the hurricane winds are nearly in line with the steering wind, adding to the strength of the winds.
For example, if the steering currents are 30 mph and the average hurricane winds are 100 mph, the wind speed would be 130 mph at Point A.
On the other hand, the winds at Point B are moving opposite those of the steering wind and therefore slow to 70 mph (100 - 30 mph).
but like CallMeJoe stated, they already take this into account when they release the wind speed information every 3 hours.
You guys go ahead and believe that.