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stormtiger
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Re: Alex... Last page.
Thu Jul 01 2010 09:36 AM

Alex was a very interesting system to track beginning in the Eastrn Carribean until it reached the Mexican coastline.

I think it proved how much climatology affects systems in ways many of us including myself do not understand. Would the same system in August in the Eastern Carribean produced a Cat IV or V storm down the road? I'd have to guess yes.

947mb at landfall is a very low pressure for June, but the enormous size and the flooding rains may offset the lack of windspeed and in fact prove more deadly since the area of Mexico where the eye passed isn't very densely populated.

Katrina hit as a Cat III storm I believe yet the surge was of epic proportions. Alex hit with a falling barometer at 947mb; yet was "only" a Cat II storm.

these two hurricanes prove that despite our attempts to label these monsters, each storm is almost like an individual with varying characteristics. Presure doesn't always equal wind speed, and wind speed at landfall doesn't always equal storm surge, and people need to recognize that when the NHC posts a warning there is imminent danger.

I know people in Biloxi who felt they were safe pre Katrina just because they survived Camille a much stronger landfalling hurricane that hit land closer to their home; yet in the end Katrina proved far more powerful. They said in a sense Camille killed even though it was years later.

Looking ahead, does an A Cat two hurricane in June make a severe hurricane season more likely? I bet Mr Ed could tell us that fairly quickly. The ingredients are there; warm waters, weakening trade winds, etc.; but as Alex just proved hurricanes are hard to predict and hard to label. We will have to wait and see what develops.

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Category 2 Hurricane Alex Makes Landfall along Northeast Mexican Coastline	MikeC	Thu Jul 01 2010 09:36 AM
Re: Alex... Last page.	Ed Dunham	Thu Jul 01 2010 08:27 PM
Re: Alex... Last page.	WeatherNut	Thu Jul 01 2010 08:05 PM
Re: Alex... Last page.	stormtiger	Thu Jul 01 2010 03:55 PM
Re: Alex... Last page.	tropicswatch	Thu Jul 01 2010 02:56 PM
Re: Alex... Last page.	Ed Dunham	Thu Jul 01 2010 01:59 PM
Re: Alex... Last page.	Troy C	Thu Jul 01 2010 12:57 PM
Re: Alex... Last page.	doug	Thu Jul 01 2010 12:44 PM
Re: Alex... Last page.	JMII	Thu Jul 01 2010 12:07 PM
Re: Alex... Last page.	Ed in Va	Thu Jul 01 2010 10:37 AM
Re: Alex... Last page.	stormtiger	Thu Jul 01 2010 09:36 AM
Alex... Last page.	danielw	Thu Jul 01 2010 07:42 AM
Re: strength	MikeC	Thu Jul 01 2010 07:15 AM
Re: strength	berrywr	Thu Jul 01 2010 01:57 AM
Re: Administrative Note	JMII	Wed Jun 30 2010 10:05 PM
Re: Administrative Note	MikeC	Wed Jun 30 2010 10:00 PM
Administrative Note	Ed Dunham	Wed Jun 30 2010 09:36 PM
Re: strength	Storm Hunter	Wed Jun 30 2010 09:28 PM
Re: strength	cieldumort	Wed Jun 30 2010 09:15 PM
strength	SeaMule	Wed Jun 30 2010 09:02 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	MikeC	Wed Jun 30 2010 08:20 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	MikeC	Wed Jun 30 2010 07:28 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	mwillis	Wed Jun 30 2010 07:24 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	WeatherNut	Wed Jun 30 2010 06:49 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	JMII	Wed Jun 30 2010 05:56 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	mwillis	Wed Jun 30 2010 05:50 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	Storm Hunter	Wed Jun 30 2010 05:37 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	cieldumort	Wed Jun 30 2010 05:28 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	WeatherNut	Wed Jun 30 2010 04:51 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	JMII	Wed Jun 30 2010 04:36 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	mwillis	Wed Jun 30 2010 03:56 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	MikeC	Wed Jun 30 2010 03:40 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	MikeC	Wed Jun 30 2010 03:21 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	berrywr	Wed Jun 30 2010 03:12 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	berrywr	Wed Jun 30 2010 02:23 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	danielw	Wed Jun 30 2010 01:56 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	tropicswatch	Wed Jun 30 2010 01:33 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	berrywr	Wed Jun 30 2010 01:28 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	allan	Wed Jun 30 2010 12:57 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	Ed Dunham	Wed Jun 30 2010 12:48 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	MikeC	Wed Jun 30 2010 12:46 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	MikeC	Wed Jun 30 2010 12:32 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	allan	Wed Jun 30 2010 12:25 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	MikeC	Wed Jun 30 2010 12:18 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	WeatherNut	Wed Jun 30 2010 12:08 PM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	danielw	Wed Jun 30 2010 11:27 AM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	mwillis	Wed Jun 30 2010 11:12 AM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	Ed in Va	Wed Jun 30 2010 10:59 AM
Re: Hurricane Alex Continues to Strengthen	cieldumort	Wed Jun 30 2010 10:51 AM
Re: Alex Becomes Hurricane in Bay of Campeche	danielw	Wed Jun 30 2010 10:45 AM
Re: Alex Becomes Hurricane in Bay of Campeche	Ed Dunham	Wed Jun 30 2010 10:18 AM
Re: Alex Becomes Hurricane in Bay of Campeche	mwillis	Wed Jun 30 2010 10:04 AM
Re: Alex Becomes Hurricane in Bay of Campeche	MikeC	Wed Jun 30 2010 09:48 AM
Re: Alex Becomes Hurricane in Bay of Campeche	stormtiger	Wed Jun 30 2010 09:29 AM
Re: Alex Becomes Hurricane in Bay of Campeche	mwillis	Wed Jun 30 2010 09:13 AM
Re: Alex Becomes Hurricane in Bay of Campeche	danielw	Wed Jun 30 2010 08:37 AM
Re: Alex Becomes Hurricane in Bay of Campeche	MikeC	Wed Jun 30 2010 07:04 AM
Re: Alex Becomes Hurricane in Bay of Campeche	Storm Hunter	Wed Jun 30 2010 04:57 AM
Re: Alex Becomes Hurricane in Bay of Campeche	Storm Hunter	Wed Jun 30 2010 04:55 AM
Re: Alex Becomes Hurricane in Bay of Campeche	berrywr	Wed Jun 30 2010 01:35 AM
Re: Alex Becomes Hurricane in Bay of Campeche	cieldumort	Wed Jun 30 2010 01:01 AM
Re: Alex Becomes Hurricane in Bay of Campeche	MikeC	Tue Jun 29 2010 10:40 PM

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