National Hurricane Center:

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale (Experimental)

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a 1 to 5 categorization based on the hurricane's intensity at the indicated time. The scale provides examples of the type of damages and impacts in the United States associated with winds of the ( Read more... )

Saw this on one of my favorite weather blogs, run by the abc33/40 news team ( Read more... )

Get a look at how much of the Gulf of Mexico Ike is taking up!

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-Just a few of the many reasons-

Historical perspective...
World's Deadliest Tropical Cyclones since 1900

1) November 1970 - Approximately 300,000-500,000+ deaths - Bhola Cyclone - Bangladesh

2) April 1991 - Approx. 131,000-138,000 deaths - Bangladesh

3) May and June 1965 (two cyclones) - Approx. 60,000 deaths - Bangladesh

4) October 1942 ( Read more... )

----- ADT Current Analysis -----
Date : 14 NOV 2007 Time : 183000 UTC
Lat : 16:41:01 N Lon : 89:13:08 E

CI# /Pressure/ Vmax
6.9 / 901.2mb/137.4kt

6hr-Avg T# 3hr-Avg T# Adj T# Raw T#
6.9 6.9 7.0 7.0
Latitude bias adjustment to MSLP : +0.0mb
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Flash of damage per category

I thought it was interesting, until it got to category 4 and the whole place flooded and washed everything away. I just want to know if they meant only on the coast, or how far from the coast this was supposed to take place?

Thangs that make you say "hmmmm"

Mike Bettes is reporting live from Cedar Key. Cedar Key, Fl. is forecast to be in Alberto's right-front quadrant. Dr. Lyons points out that this area is one of the most surge-susceptible regions in the entire Gulf of Mexico. As such, the surge forecast for Cedar Keys is for 6 to 9 feet above average of water rise. Obviously, Mike Bettes and his ( Read more... )

in case you were wondering about oil prices?


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