Cycloneye11
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http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics/tcgraphics3.gif
I would preferred the one with the circules that is more atractive for the people that are threatened than the single black line.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/NOAA-PR-TCgraphics.shtml
Read all the information at link above.
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Lysis
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I am glad to hear this. This graphic is looked at more often than anything. As such, they need to include as much information as possible on it --not take info away.
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Edited by Lysis (Wed Mar 23 2005 07:34 PM)
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Storm Cooper
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I agree with ya' Ceye..... the old chart is not great at all. Maybe they got the vote #'s mixed up 
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Lysis
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well, this site should not have to worry about it anyway.
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tommy
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im new at this but ithink we will have 12 / 7/ 5. this year with a cat 5 hurricane in the gulf
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HURAKAN
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I have no problem with leaving the old system, but I know that usually people just focus on the line and not the oval area around it, like what happened last year with . The circles are great because shows where the cyclone could be at the given hour, it's not exactly a direct area, like the line, but cover a broad area, showing the people more directly that everyone inside the circle in in risk.
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Kevin
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The situation here is difficult. In the voting that held for the track maps, the one being used now won convincingly. However, it seems like much of the public doesn't seem to understand the limitations with the "black line" and/or is not willing to look at the cone of probability. But yet you have some people who blame the forecasters when a storm "unexpectedly" comes up their way?
Hey, you can't keep everyone out of hot water...
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Lysis
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It doesn't matter what information the public is given... there will always be someone who thinks they can ride out the worst of hurricanes (take my family 10 years ago for example). The needs to focus more on hurricane education, more on the epic tragedy that these things cause if they want to get the message into the public’s thick skull. The day before hit my neighbor Bryan recited a line now infamous amongst my family: (in regards to )... "Ah, it will only be a little wind and rain." We cannot expect people to take proper precautions if they only consider these storms to be "just a little bit of wind and rain". The general public does not understand hurricanes, and they refuse to accept the fact that, to some degree, forecasters don't either. I have talked to countless people absolutely bewildered as to why didn’t hit Tampa. One even told me, “When the realtor sold us our house here they said this area doesn’t get hurricanes.” (!!) You can blame ignorance, you can blame over hyped media, but all of this would be solved if people merely realized the fact that if you live in coastal Florida, you will most likely see a hurricane before you die. People put so much emphasis on El Nino and active season probability but they always forget, all it takes is one. Look at 1992, a relatively calm year in the Atlantic; however a late first storm of the season changed my life, as well as thousands of lives in Homestead and Louisiana, forever. Look at the ancient inhabitants of Central America. They respected hurricanes to the point where they made deities out of them, and refused to build along the coast. They didn’t have tracking maps or GOES. I think that we are on a threshold of understanding –we are to the point where we can fairly accurately predict these things, however not without a large margin of error. Perhaps a day will come when we can pinpoint the exact location of landfall years in advance; however for now hurricanes are not a force to stand in the face and laugh at, and they are not given the respect they and the Forces behind them so rightfully deserve. Unfortunately, until this changes, we will continue to see people perish in these epic storms.
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Clark
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As Lysis put it, the problem isn't so much the charts that are out there as it is educating the general public.
Everyone's natural tendency is to focus on the exact projected track -- the center line -- and say *that* is where the storm is going. However, as we know, the effects of a hurricane are far-reaching. The right side of a storm is generally the most intense; even a storm moving into Tampa would've affected all of South Florida to a large degree -- as projected by them being under a hurricane warning! How to overcome this with the general public is a matter up for debate.
The media does not help in educating the public, nor do those out there who think "well, we haven't seen a hurricane in 20 years, we're pretty much immune." The media has the tendency to narrow in on the projected path, not the watch & warning area, and use whatever is necessary to pump up ratings, even if that means using a particular computer model's track that isn't near the best. Obviously, this does not hold for the entire media; it is a case of a few bad apples spoiling the bunch. However, there's no excuse for the media and public to be thinking that South & inland Central Florida are immune from a hit by a storm because the center of the storm is projected to make landfall in Tampa (yet the potential swath extends from Tallahassee to Key West)! It's even worse to blame the for their shortcomings. Yes, education on the part of the does need to get better; however, if private companies try to meddle with something that isn't terribly broken, it just makes things worse. I can think of one such prominent company (which I won't mention, but many of you can probably figure) which fits this bill.
This post has sort of rambled on, but the explanation for why the voting came out like it did is pretty simple: the majority of those who voted are likely in the field itself or are weather enthusiasts. They are the ones who know the most about the effects of the storms, on the whole, and feel that changing things isn't the solution. Instead, education is the answer...now it's a matter of figuring out how to go about educating the public.
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HanKFranK
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honestly don't think that new track maps will make a big impression on the public. i doubt it would alter emergency management response to things either. might look cool, but that's about it. on a good note, i've got a feeling that 2004 got the attention of most everybody in florida, and that the collective 'hurricane memory' is back to near common sense levels.
there's no good way to deal with the media side of things. they hype everything to death, and tend to have a narrow, locational focus (e.g., when Andrew hit, the talk was miami this, miami that.. initially. who'd ever heard of homestead?). last year with , the drew a line near tampa bay consistently, and the media ran with it. a less forgivable example was with . the networks, fox in particular, decided that mobile sounded boring, so they reported endlessly on the threat to new orleans. the worst hit area ended up being gulf shores to pensacola.
a hurricane doesn't have to hit a major city to do major damage, but with the formula hype+exaggeration of probabilities=ratings, the media will spend a disproportionate amount of time on such stories.
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Lysis
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 I was rereading some of my post and I just wanted to say I'm sorry for ranting up there. It is just this issue really bugs me.
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B.C.Francis
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I`ve been watching the action off the south west coast of Florida for the last couple of days. Seems pretty persistant and at least something to look at. Clark or anybody who nows what they`re talking about when it comes weather patterns, can you or they give us some infro on whats happening down there...Weatherchef
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HanKFranK
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chef, that's not a tropical feature. see how the clouds are all streaked hard northeast? there's a strong jet stream overhead. there's also a stationary frontal boundary in the area... the old convection was part of that.. today a non-tropical low is deepening in the area. it's bent or bulged, streaked look is called a 'leaf' signature, which is the first phase of a mid-latitude storm. if you get a chance to look at visible shots today, watch the non-streaked, discrete low level clouds (should be cumulus and such). the presence of frontal boundaries and the fact that upper energy out of the west (if you look on wv you should see a turning in the atmosphere quite clearly.. upper low) is spawning identify this as clearly nontropical. for systems started in this manner to transition to tropical they need to occlude or be cut off over warm waters.. out of strong upper level winds.. usually for a few days. this one should move northeast and slow down near the canadian maritimes.. precludes it from ever making the grade. call it a late noreaster.
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B.C.Francis
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Thanks HF. I might like weather but you know weather, thats why I joined . Your previoust post has taught me what to look for when it comes to tropical features this early in the season and I appreciate that and I have to admit that my excitement about this hurricane season is alittle premature.....Weatherchef
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Lysis
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Not tropical in nature, but that little feature of which you speak has given me the most rain I have seen since a certain little weather event last summer. 3 - 4 inches in just over an hour yesterday, and my area does not drain well. Let us be literary and call It a “temptest” if you will.
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B.C.Francis
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Tempest Lysis not Temptest. Temptest sounds like an enity that trys to lure us from our interest in weather.( to tell you the truth, it might be fun). The tempest just moved off my coast and with it the rain. Keep your rain gear ready I`m sure we have plenty to come in the near future......Keep dry...Weatherchef
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Lysis
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Tempest* oops...
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