In Amerika is het nieuwe "Hurricane Season" weer begonnen. Eind Juni is normaal de tijd dat het 'stormen-seizoen' weer begint en dat duurt tot ongeveer November. Naar aanleiding van documentaires op discovery over o.a. Hurricane Andrew uit 1992 terug een topic over het Hurricane Season.
Zijn d'r meer "liefhebbers" van dit soort docs? Mensen die het aandachtig volgen?

De stormen worden ingedeeld op categorie. Vaak zijn het eerst "tropische stormen" (Tropical Cyclones) die overgaan op Orkaanstatus (Hurricane) Ze worden ingedeeld op windsnelheden.

Tropical Depression 24-38 mph winds (38-61 km/u)
Tropical Storm 39-73 mph winds (62-117 km/u)
Hurricane Categorie 1 74-95 mph winds (118-152 km/u)
Hurricane Categorie 2 96-110 mph winds (153-176 km/u)
Hurricane Categorie 3 111-130 mph winds (177-208 km/u)
Hurricane Categorie 4 131-155 mph winds (209-248 km/u)
Hurricane Categorie 5 > 156 mph winds (meer dan 249 km/u)

De stormen, die vaak gevormd worden op de atlantische oceaan en dan richting de Caribbean of de Oostkust van de VS gaan, krijgen de naam op Alfabetische volgorde. Voor het seizoen 2004 zijn de naam al bekend: (De pacificische oceaan kent ook zo'n systeem , maar voorlopig houd ik het even op de Caribbean)

Alex, Bonnie, Charley, Danielle, Earl, Frances, Gaston, Hermine, Ivan, Jeanne, Karl, Lisa, Matthew , Nicole, Otto, Paula, Richard, Shary, Tomas,Virginie, Walter

Hurricane Alex was de eerste dit seizoen. Alhoewel het seizoen "pas laat" op gang kwam. Alex was in de geschiedenis de op vier na 'laatste' storm die het seizoen inluidde. Ironisch genoeg was Andrew in 1992 de storm die pas vrij laat het seizoen in luidde, namelijk op 22 augustus pas.
Alex was een kalme storm en bereikte slechts

Hurricane Alex bracht echter geen probleem want de orkaan deed geen land aan. Op dit moment is de storm een categorie 2 met windsnelheden gemeten boven de 100 mp/h. De orkaan draaide vorige week al af van de oostkust van de USA en zal waarschijnlijk oplossen boven de Atlantische Oceaan. Wel zullen de Britse eilanden nog last gaan krijgen met veel regen en wind in de loop van de week, waarschijnlijk uitloopsels van de storm.

Graag zou ik met meer mensen die er wat verstand van hebben of die zich er voor interesseren artikelen over Tropische Stormen/Orkanen in dit onderwerp willen zien. Hopelijk kan dat serieus.

Enkele Interessante Links

1.Hurricane Season Special Edition Pagina van CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/hurricanes/index.html

2.Nationaal Hurricane Centrum
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

3.Caribbean Hurrican Network (lokaal)
http://stormcarib.com/

4.Florida University Hurricane Information
http://www.met.fsu.edu/explores/tropical.html

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En ik lees net dat de Tweede Hurricane er aan komt: Bonnie

Tropical Storm Bonnie forms in Gulf of Mexico (cnn.com)
Monday, August 9, 2004 Posted: 6:51 PM EDT (2251 GMT)


Satellite image taken Monday at 6:15 p.m. ET


MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) -- Tropical Storm Bonnie formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, the second named storm of the 2004 Atlantic-Caribbean hurricane season, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

The Miami-based hurricane center said Bonnie was packing winds of 45 mph (75 kph) and was 410 miles (660 km) south of the mouth of the Mississippi river, moving slowly northwest in a loop that could take it toward the Florida Panhandle.

The storm's winds were forecast to increase in strength over the next three days to 60 mph (97 kph), a forecaster at the center said.

Bonnie's position at 4 p.m. CDT (5 p.m. EDT/2100 GMT) was near latitude 23.2 north, longitude 88.7 west, north of the Yucatan Peninsula.

The tropical storm season runs from June 1 to November 30.

Hurricane Alex last week flooded hundreds of homes and cars as it grazed the Outer Banks, a popular tourist spot, off the coast of North Carolina.

The swirling weather systems that become tropical storms and hurricanes are given names when their winds reach 39 mph (63 kph). Storms become hurricanes at 74 mph (119 kph)

UPDATE
Satellite image taken Tuesday at 5:45 a.m. ET

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quote:

Op dinsdag 10 augustus 2004 12:45 schreef cyberbull het volgende:
vind dit soort materie wel interresant.
Misschien leuk om een zooi links naar interresante sites hierover in de beginpost te plaatsen ;-)

Heb gister of eergister die docu over stormen op discovery gezien. Dat ze naar strand gaan en er een duindoorbraak is en dat er een van die stormchasers bijna verdrinkt en wordt meegesleurd zee in. Heel interresant !!

Heb ik ook gezien. Bedoel je die met die cameraman die door die golf wordt gepakt?
EDIT: Links toegevoegd in de openingspost

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quote:

Op dinsdag 10 augustus 2004 13:13 schreef drelletje het volgende:

[..]

die was echt super!!! die mensen spooren echt niet!
Ik kom uit alabama en daar heb je ook wel oorkanen, in de achtertuin bij me oma staat ook een bunker hiervoor.

De film Twister sprak je dan zeker wel aan... of juist niet
Zelf meegemaakt???

quote:

Op dinsdag 10 augustus 2004 12:30 schreef Coelho het volgende:
Hoe zit het nou met de namen van Hurricanes? Ik heb wel eens begrepen dat de naam van een storm die dodelijke slachtoffers heeft geëist, nooit meer gebruikt wordt. Hoeveel naamreeksen zijn er? Want het is toch een patroon dat eens in de X jaar weer opnieuw begint? Ik dacht trouwens dat mannen/vrouwennamen overeen kwamen met even of oneven jaren, maar dat lijkt volgens het lijstje niet zo te zijn.

Op deze http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml site zie je onder andere de namen voor het hurricane seizoen 2004 tot en met 2009.
Tot aan 1979 werden alleen vrouwelijke namen gebruikt. Bovenstaande lijst roeleert en wordt dus in 2010 weer opnieuw gebruikt (dus alex weer)
Namen willen inderdaad wel eens verwijderd worden. Meestal gebeurd dit inderdaad als een storm te krachtig was en immense verwoestingen heeft aangericht zoals Floyd, Andrew en Hugo.
Staat allemaal op die site die ik net gaf.

UPDATETropical Depression 3 wordt Tropical Storm Charley?



WTNT33 KNHC 100251
TCPAT3
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE ADVISORY NUMBER 3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST MON AUG 09 2004

...DEPRESSION CONTINUES RAPIDLY WESTWARD...

INTERESTS IN AND AROUND THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SEA SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 64.1 WEST OR ABOUT
165 MILES... 265 KM...WEST OF GRENADA.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 23 MPH
...37 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TONIGHT OR
TUESDAY.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1010 MB...29.83 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...12.4 N... 64.1 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 23 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1010 MB.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST.

heb zelf TV Home, heb je drie extra Discovery Channels.. (Science, Adventure en Civilization)
Bijna elke dag wel wat op over Tornadoes...

Effe gekeken op internet naar de tv-programma's deze week:

DISCOVERY
Vrijdag 13-8: 0800-09.00 Oklahoma: Day of the Tornadoes (herhaling om 14.00)

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Dinsdag 10-8: 19.30-20.00 Storm Stories No Way Off (herhaling om 01.30/04.30)
Woensdag 11-8: 10.30-11.00 Tornadoes in Ohio...the Deafening Sound (herhaling om 19.30)
Donderdag 12-8: 13.30-14.00 Tornado SixPack (herhaling om 19.30)
Vrijdag 13-8: 13.30-14.00 Storm Stories: Colorado Blowdown (herhaling 19.30)
Vrijdag 13-8: 23.00-24.00 Worlds Worst Weather

DISCOVERY SCIENCE
Donderdag 12-8: 07.10-08.05 Tornado: Touchdown
Vrijdag 13-8: 13.10-14.05: Tidal Wave/Tsunami chasers (herhaling 19.10)
Zondag 15-8: 13.10-14.05: Tornado: Destructive Force (herhaling 19.10)

Dit is wat ik zo snel vond

Tropical Storm Charley heads for Jamaica



Jamaica issues hurricane watch for Charley

(CNN) -- The Jamaican government issued a hurricane watch late Tuesday as it braced for Tropical Storm Charley, which continues to strengthen in the Caribbean.

A second storm -- Bonnie -- is still eyeing the Florida panhandle for a possible landfall in the next few days.

At 11 p.m. ET, Charley's winds topped 65 mph, and it could become a hurricane on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. A minimal hurricane has winds of at least 74 mph.

Charley is about 300 miles east-southeast of Kingston, moving west-northwest at 25 mph. The storm's center is expected to approach Jamaica's coast Wednesday morning as the storm strengthens over the next 24 hours. (Map: Charley's predicted path)

The Cayman Islands has also issued a hurricane watch and a tropical storm warning, and storm warnings are also in effect in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Bonnie's winds decreased to 45 mph, according to the NHC's 11 p.m. update. Earlier in the day, the storm's winds reached 60 mph.

Bonnie -- still a couple of days away from landfall -- is about 295 miles south of the mouth of the Mississippi River, moving north at about 5 mph. (Map: Bonnie's predicted path)

Bonnie remains a small storm, its tropical storm winds reaching only 30 miles from its center, while Charley's storm-strength winds extend more than 100 miles from center.

Forecasters' models show Charley passing directly over Jamaica and the smaller, eastern-most Cayman Islands, then passing over western Cuba late Thursday. The storm then enters the Gulf of Mexico, along the Florida coast.

Bonnie, the second named storm of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season, could be the first to crash ashore. The first named storm, Hurricane Alex, skirted the Outer Banks of North Carolina last week before heading out to sea.



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Tropical Storm Charley May Strengthen Into Hurricane (Update2)

Aug. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Tropical Storm Charley may strengthen into a hurricane later today as it heads through the Caribbean toward Jamaica, U.S. government forecasters said.

The tropical storm is about 160 miles (257 kilometers) east- southeast of Jamaica and is moving at 24 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory at 5 a.m. Miami time. A hurricane watch was issued for the Florida Keys, which means hurricane conditions are possible within 36 hours. Charley's winds are gusting at about 65 miles (105 kilometers) per hour.

``Some strengthening is forecast during the next 24 hours and Charley could become a hurricane during the next day or so,'' the center said on its Web site.

The hurricane season in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, which lasts from June 1 to Nov. 30, often disrupts oil production. Another tropical storm, Bonnie, yesterday forced companies including Royal Dutch/Shell Group to evacuate workers from rigs and close some platforms in the Gulf as a precaution.

Bonnie is moving slowly in the U.S. Central Gulf and winds have eased to 45 miles per hour from 50 miles per hour, the Miami- based agency said. The center of the storm was 265 miles south- southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River.

The storm, which was moving north at 5 miles an hour, may turn to the northeast later today, the hurricane center said.

Tropical Storm Charley becomes Hurricane Charley - Florida cautious



MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Residents across the state of Florida are keeping tabs on weather reports Thursday as two storms threaten to pound the northern and southern parts of the state with heavy rains and hurricane-force winds.

Tropical Storm Bonnie continues to move steadily toward the state's Panhandle beaches, although it has lost some of its power. Hurricane Charley has become stronger as it eyes the Cayman Islands, before moving into warmer waters on its way toward the Gulf of Mexico.



Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center predict Bonnie will hit the Panhandle sometime Thursday afternoon and Charley could cross over the Florida Keys Thursday night.

Visitors were ordered to leave the western Florida Keys as Charley passed south of Jamaica on Wednesday.

"Much of the state of Florida is going to experience some impact from both Bonnie and Charley," said Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

An Air Force plane flew into the storm and determined that Bonnie has weakened slightly and continued to disorganize, according to the weather center's 2 a.m. update.

The storm was about 240 miles southwest of Apalachicola, Florida, with top sustained winds at 50 mph. Moving northeast at 12 mph, Bonnie is expected to pick up speed over the next 24 hours, the hurricane center reported. (Map: Bonnie's predicted path)

Forecasters posted a hurricane warning from Destin, Florida, to the mouth of the Suwanee River. Hurricane watches and tropical storm warnings extended west from Destin to the Alabama state line, and forecasters warned of flooding as already-saturated Panhandle counties face four to six additional inches of rainfall.

The Navy on Wednesday took steps to protect aircraft at its flight training bases around Pensacola, moving 83 training jets and helicopters to several airfields at inland cities such as St. Louis, Dallas and Atlanta. No ships have yet been moved out of the way of the impending storms, Navy officials said.

Charley
At 2 a.m. Thursday, Charley gained strength as it heads toward the Cayman Islands, with top wind speeds at 85 mph. The storm is still a Category 1 hurricane centered about 165 miles (265 km) east-southeast of Grand Cayman, moving west-northwest at 15 mph (23 km/h).



Mayfield said its winds would pick up as it entered warmer waters near Cuba and the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. (Map: Charley's predicted path)

Rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches are forecast.

Hurricane warnings remained in effect for Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, while western Cuba, the Florida Keys and a 200-mile stretch of Florida's west coast south of St. Petersburg were under a hurricane watch.

"People need to start paying very close attention and making their preparations now," Mayfield said.

In the Jamaican capital Kingston, the city's airport was closed amid heavy rain and high winds.

"This morning, when they realized that the storm was heading Jamaica's way, everybody started to batten down and get their things together," journalist Fitzroy Prendergast told CNN.

The storm could reach the Florida Keys by late Thursday, and those areas could be under hurricane warnings by Thursday morning, he said.

Hurricane Charley strengthens, threatens Gulf Coast



MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Hundreds of thousands of people along the Florida Gulf Coast began leaving for higher ground as forecasters warned that Hurricane Charley -- now menacing Cuba -- will likely strengthen to major hurricane status by the time it comes ashore near Tampa Bay on Friday evening.

"My principal message here today is to urge people who have not experienced a hurricane to take this very, very seriously," said Gov. Jeb Bush, who ordered a state of emergency and put National Guard troops on stand-by. "This is a serious, serious storm."

Emergency officials issued evacuation warnings from the Florida Keys up through southwest Florida into the heavily populated Tampa Bay area, which hasn't taken a direct hit from a hurricane in more than 80 years. Some roads and bridges clogged with traffic Thursday evening, as many residents in coastal and low-lying areas heeded calls to leave.

It's likely Charley becomes a Hurricane categorie 3 when it goes ashore and cause severe damage. It has at least windspeeds of 111 mph (178 km/h) Also there is a warning about the storm-surge that will be produced by the storm of 10 to 13 feet waves (ca 4m)







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