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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Stevie Francis, Sep 5, 2002.

  1. Refman

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    You could put them in the freezer...then when the lights go out and it gets really hot...you'll have beercicles. :D
     
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    Icechests, brother. Now that's the kind of "roughing it" I like!:D
     
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    but what if you don't drink?
     
  4. mfclark

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    1. It's less than 150mi from the coast, an inhibiting factor. It hasn't gotten better organized today.

    2. Low surface pressures are a result of a developing storm, not the factor that causes them to develop.

    3. Just like I've said before, it will be a rain event. Whether or not the rain is needed is another story.

    4. Actually, for tropical systems, the diurnal convective cycle is greatest at night...convection actually tends to die down during the day. Daytime heating fuels thunderstorms off of the seabreeze and on land, not in a tropical system.

    It's rotating now, yes, but it's too close to the coast to make any sort of large impact as a tropical system. It may develop into a tropical depression...but I still don't think it will.

    Most of the on camera people at the weather channel aren't meteorologists....some are, but a good number of them just hold communications degrees. To talk about the weather, that's really all you need - well, that and a basic understanding of reading a weather map.

    Ultimate job for a meteorology major is heading a research department or the meteorology program at one of the more prestigious meteorology schools in the nation...essentially, you get your choice of the best new students out there to make you look good! High-level government jobs are also desireable...though I wouldn't mind flying into hurricanes myself.

    As for Pole's comment - Twister's a good movie, but it's really not representative of the weather or tornadoes in general...just too many factual errors. It has drawn up a lot of interest in meteorology, though.
     
  5. mfclark

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    Hmmm....apparently it is going to get upgraded to T.D. 6 at 5pm, but I truthfully don't see why. It's exactly like Edouard - a weak low with all of the convection displaced to the east. We'll see what that says...but I can't imagine it's very strong.
     
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    no as of 3p.m it was a depression, and they said its location is favorable for strengthening. And it will sit there for the next 2 days.

    My previous predictions were.....it would be a T.D between 12-2. i was of by 1 hour. The other it would be a storm by tommorow morning. And i said it would hit land on friday or saturady. And i said this last night at 3:00am when it was a batch of rain.

    Looks like another successful predication once again.
     
  7. Refman

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    Don't bruise yourself by patting yourself on the back...you're not Neil Frank yet. :cool:
     
  8. Sonny

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    Tropical Depression #6

    http://www.gopbi.com/weather/special/storm/atlantic/six.html

    Good Call Stevie. No tell me where/when the 7th TD will form and when it will hit land...
     
  9. mfclark

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    Well, I seriously didn't think it'd form. And, judging by the 5pm discussion...it really shouldn'tve been classified:

    If the circulation doesn't meet the qualifications for a vortex message, it isn't closed. The definition of a tropical depression is that the circulation must be closed, which it apparently wasn't, even though they initiated advisories. But no matter...I was wrong on this one.

    I still don't think it'll develop much more, though...it's looked fairly unimpressive over time.
     
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    Im sitting down here at A&M Galveston and people are talking about not having classes tomorrow. the wind is already at about 35mph and the waves are huge:eek:
     
  11. Stevie Francis

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    ok sonny i'll tell you.

    since the high pressure in the middle of the atlantic has weakend ther emight be a pontential storm forming of the coast of africa. Not 100% more like 50. and it won't hit land and if it did i say the carribbean islands will be it.

    Other than that if the edwardo.(spell check) continues on its wsw movement it will regenerate, becasue the sheer will die down
     
  12. Texas Stoke

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    Before Allison I was a tropical storm nut too. I love a good squall line like the next guy. But I hate these damn slow movers that either sit stationary over us or barely inch on by. Id rather have an Elisha, were it packs heavy winds and moves briskly through, than have a nearly stationary storm like Allison just sit over the top of us again.

    btw, theres a great weather site at http://www.dispatcher.org
    make sure you click on: weather briefing

    R. I. P. John Hope, the best hurricane expert ever to walk earth.
     
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    Edouard's moving west and expected to turn WNW...and in any case, it's moving towards the tropical storm, which would only enahnce the shear and probably suck all of the life (what little is left) out of it.

    Give the wave off of Africa 2 days and it'll be gone...looks good now, I admit, but there's too much subsidence out there and it should die quickly.
     
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    whats this a new tropical storm 1 hour before i predicted.MAN I'M GOOD THATS 2 YEARS IN A ROW. T.S. FEI IS BORN WHEN I SAID IT WOULD!!! YEAH!!!:D GRIN!
     
  15. Cohen

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    But looks like you may be wrong about Edouard recovering.

    50-50? Hey, you will make a good weatherman! ;)
     
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    no isaid if he kept his sws track it would be reborn. but if it does jog to the north it won't, i think it is gonna go north though, I still have no idea if fei will hit us.
     
  17. Coach AI

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    Hmm....sustained winds increased to 60 mph since 8 am. Possibly will be a hurricane by the time it makes landfall. (Somewhere around Brazoria/Matagorda counties).


    Damn SF, maybe you've found your calling.
     
  18. MadMax

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    when i left the house this morning they were talking about sustained winds around 35 miles per hour...now they're talking about 60mph...wonder what it will be by 5 tonight?? :)
     
  19. Refman

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    Wipe that smile off your face when you talk about a storm. :D :p
     
  20. MadMax

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    actually was smiling at the predictions of weather "experts"...not the fact that there will be a storm...
     

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