Hurricane Otis Headed Towards Arizona!!!! | |
| Reality Burst User ID: 9067 09/30/2005 07:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I hate having to C&P to go to a different page... Why don´t you just come here, where you can paste video and pictures in thread?! All without leaving the freaking page! [link to thirdeyeconcept.com] |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1281 09/30/2005 08:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Anonymous Coward User ID: 62 9/26/2005 1:47 pm EDT Woo-Woo´s needed ..................... What caused these Cat 5´s? CATEGORY 5 ATLANTIC HURRICANES: 1886 — PRESENT O QUALIFY AS A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane intensity scale, maximum sustained winds must exceed 155 mph (135 kt). Through 2004, only twenty-four Atlantic storms have reached this intensity, and only ten were of category 5 strength at time of landfall. Of these, only four made landfall within the US: the 1935 Florida Keys hurricane; Hurricane Camille, which hit the Mississippi coastline in 1969; Hurricane Isabel, which hit North Carolina; and Hurrican Ivan, which hit the southeastern coast and Carribean. The table below lists all known category 5 Atlantic hurricanes recorded since 1886. The following data is provided by the National Climatic Data Center, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and Weather Underground. For more information on these and other hurricanes, see additional resources below: date (UTC) name landfall maximum wind 1928, Sept 13 Unnamed (San Felipe-Okeechobee Hurricane) Puerto Rico 140 kt; 160 mph 1932, Sept 05 Unnamed Bahamas 140 kt; 160 mph 1935, Sept 03 Unnamed (Labor Day Hurricane) US/Florida Keys 140 kt; 160 mph 1938, Sept 19 Unnamed (New England Hurricane) -- 140 kt; 160 mph 1947, Sept 16 Unnamed Bahamas 140 kt; 160 mph 1950, Sept 06 Dog -- 160 kt, 185 mph 1951, Sept 07 Easy -- 140 kt, 160 mph 1955, Sept 28 Janet Mexico 150 kt, 175 mph 1958, Aug 16 Cleo -- 140 kt, 160 mph 1960, Sept 04 Donna -- 140 kt, 160 mph 1960, Sept 15 Ethel -- 140 kt, 160 mph 1961, Sept 11 Carla -- 150 kt, 175 mph 1961, Oct 30 Hattie -- 140 kt, 160 mph 1967, Sept 20 Beulah -- 140 kt, 160 mph 1969, Aug 17 Camille US/Mississippi Gulf Coast 165 kt, 190 mph 1971, Sept 09 Edith Nicaragua 140 kt, 160 mph 1977, Sept 02 Anita -- 150 kt, 175 mph 1979, Aug 30 David -- 150 kt, 175 mph 1980, Aug 07 Allen -- 165 kt, 190 mph 1988, Sept 14 Gilbert Mexico 160 kt, 185 mph 1989, Sept 15 Hugo -- 140 kt, 160 mph 1998, Oct 26 Mitch -- 155 kt, 180 mph 2003, Sept 06-19 Isabel US/North Carolina 140 kt, 160 mph 2004, Sept 02-18 Ivan US/Florida/Carribean 145 kt, 165 mph Note: Several infamous storms which struck the U.S. are listed in the table above, but no entry appears in the "Landfall" column. This is because the storms had weakened to below Category 5 intensity at the time of U.S. landfall. Hurricanes which reached Category 5 intensity but weakened by the time of U.S. landfall include: hurricanes of 1928, 1938 (New England Hurricane), and 1947, plus Donna (1960), Ethel (1960), Carla (1961), Beulah (1967), David (1979), Allen (1980), Hugo (1989), and Mitch (1998). Though it was an extremely strong Category 4 storm, even at landfall, Hurricane Andrew never achieved Category 5 status. Most intense @ US landfall: 1935 Florida Keys 892 mb/26.35 in 140 kt; 160 mph Highest winds @ US landfall: 1969 Camille 909 mb/26.84 in 165 kt; 190 mph Most intense Atlantic hurricane: 1988 Gilbert 888 mb/26.22 in 160 kt; 185 mph Longest as category five:* 1980 Allen 899 mb/26.55 in 165 kt; 190 mph * Hurricane Allen reached Category 5 intensity three times along its path through the southern Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico: twice these periods were of 24-hours duration and the third lasted 18 hours. With the exception of Camille, no Category 5 hurricanes have ever existed north of 30 degrees N nor south of 14 degrees N. Four oceanic areas have experienced Category 5 intensity hurricanes twice: (26.5N, 77W), (18N, 86W),(24.5N, 96.5W) and (28-30N, 89W) (the path of Camille). Areas which have never experienced a landfalling hurricane of Category 5 intensity include: the U.S. East Coast, Cuba, Jamaica, nor most of the Windward or Leeward Islands. |
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| want2knowy User ID: 14834 09/30/2005 08:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don´t recall ever seeing a hurricane hit San Diego (whether Otis does, or does not, remains to be seen), whose yearly mean temperature is 72 degrees. If Otis hits Baja with force, it will wipe out a few major resorts, as well as Tijuana (which could use a good hurricane to clean up this cespool). Very strange weather. |
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| Scarlet Witch User ID: 1089 09/30/2005 09:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What´s becoming obvious to me is we were warned to get away from the coast and get far inland by several different informants/ACs, they all said something big was gonna happen. I am beginning to believe the initial warning, the dates were purposefully wrong, I think in AB´s case he even said later that they were. TPTB have been preparing us for________________.(fill in the blank) |
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| want2knowy User ID: 14834 09/30/2005 09:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you look at the map, this could go all the way into orange county, as a cat 1, and into LA as a tropical storm. And I am going to Santa Barbara on Vacation next week...Surfs Up!! This appears to be a real site, as I have checked it out on Rita and Katrina. Why is this not on national news. CNN is still dwelling on NOLA. Wierd! |
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| Dan O User ID: 26362 09/30/2005 10:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Appears to be real... I´m laughing so flippin hard... my wife works for the airlines, and we sent her parents to Cabo right in the eye of the hurricane! [link to www.bajainsider.com] Information on Hurricane Otis 05AM MDT 30/09/05 Otis has strengthened into a hurricane some 155 miles south of Cabo San Lucas. The storms position is 20.7N 110.3W and movement is 325³ at 08kts. Central barometric pressure is estimated at 987Mb and winds are 65 with gusts to 80kts. Click to Enlarge Cabo San Lucas began experiencing rain showers around 4:30AM Friday with wind gusts 10-15mph. Landfall in Baja of this system as a tropical storm is still forecast for late Monday in Central Baja near Turtle Bay. Most of Baja California Sur is within the current error cone. Baja residents should remain informed on the progress of this storm. Hurricane Otis has developed a ragged but stable eye with strong convection and the wind shear that inhibited the storms growth earlier has nearly disappeared. Preparations for tropical storm conditions throughout Baja Sur should be rushed to completion TD15E formed from a large tropical disturbance that had been building off the coast of mainland Mexico. The system stretched from Manzanillo to Acapulco and had been delivering torrential rains to coastal areas there. The storm developed cyclonic activity despite it´s proximity to land and unfavorable wind conditions. The storm is expected to be about 189 miles SW of Cabo San Lucas by 11AM Saturday, local time. Winds are forecast to be of Hurricane Category 1 strength of 70-85kts. This is a large system forecast to pass closer to Baja California Sur than any previous tropical cyclone this year. Baja residents should remain informed on the progress of this storm. We could begin to receive rain and winds from this system as early as late Friday. Warning Statement from the NHC: 3AM A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA...FROM SANTA FE SOUTHWARD ON THE PACIFIC COAST AND FROM LA PAZ SOUTHWARD ON THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA COAST. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE NEAR BOTH COASTS OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF OTIS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. Updates will be posted to this page as they arrive from the NHC. Updates are released at 8AM & PM and 2 AM & PM daily. |