Spwill, tks for the interesting photos. So thats what Virginia Beach looks like. I prefer Piha. Looking at weather for Virginia there has been snow in the west of the state. That must be in the Applachians.
lol yes the stupid reporters get it wrong heaps of the time witch is rather annoying bt anyways it seems that wilma has done her thing now and is moving on
it was the areas to the south of the eye that got the strongest winds (100mph +)
because of the fast forward speed of the hurricane that had to be added to the windspeed, and because of the onshore winds over the southern florida coastline...
Yeah well... there could be a few more.
Storm Alemea ( or whatever it's name was) that drenched Haiti should join up in Wilma's path and produce some good weather for the north Atlantic if they get that far.
I see that that storm is a 'Gone-burger' now.
Has anyone got a favourite name that they would like to name a TC or Hurricane?
I would love to see a Hurricane Stig
...or a TC Sterence
that was tropical storm alpha that drenched Hati and the nxt one will be called beta they will go through the greek alphabet because they have run out of names for the season
squid wrote:that was tropical storm alpha that drenched Hati and the nxt one will be called beta they will go through the greek alphabet because they have run out of names for the season
Shame There are lots and lots of names. JohnGaul
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What about Hurricane Xena?, Tropical Storm Yellowbeard (after the Monty Python story with the late Graham Chapman and Marty Feldman) and hurricane Ziggy, after the David Bowie song.
... but then you could have.......
Gamma Delta Epsilm but probably wont get to Omega quote"squid"that was tropical storm alpha that drenched Hati and the nxt one will be called beta they will go through the greek alphabet because they have run out of names for the season
It's noticeable how clean our skies are here.
A lot of haze (pollution) over there especially around LA where visibility on one day was down to about 2km in fine weather.
Plan to return to USA next April or May to STORM CHASE
Welcome back.
I suspose LA's pollution in comparison makes ChCh look clean and green on a smoggy day here
I see Beta is upgraded to Hurricane now, they must be getting sick of them in that part of the world
see Beta is upgraded to Hurricane now, they must be getting sick of them in that part of the world
Yes.
I met a lady at Virginia Beach who told me her and her Family had moved to Florida but only lasted a year there as on three occasions they were forced to evacuate due to Hurricanes. Their house was never damaged but the move each time was very costly.
I have noticed that during the North Atlantic hurricane season, whenever we in the UK have unusually warm, muggy weather -especially when preceded by mists, that is when there are hurricanes threatening the northern Caribbian islands and the USA.
Do any here have records of mists and warm muggy weather for the dates of those hurricanes or cylones elsewhere?