WKN Weer, Klimaat en Natuurrampen
Lees alles over het onstuimige weer op onze planeet, volg orkanen en tornado's, zie hoe vulkanen uitbarsten en hoe Moeder Aarde beeft bij een aardbeving. Alles over de verwoestende kracht van onze planeet en tal van andere natuurverschijnselen.
Madagaskar zet zich schrap voor zesde cycloon
ANTANANARIVO (ANP) - Ongeveer 450.000 personen zijn sinds december 2006 getroffen door een serie van vijf cyclonen in Madagaskar. De zesde cycloon Jaya bereikt binnen 24 uur de noordkust van het eiland, dat ten oosten van het Afrikaanse vasteland ligt.
Drie weken geleden eiste de cycloon Indlala al tientallen levens. Duizenden mensen werden verdreven door het natuurgeweld.
Infrastructuur, scholen en ziekenhuizen in Madagaskar zijn beschadigd. Er is een enorm tekort aan voedsel, water en medicatie voor de inwoners van het land, meldde het VN-kinderfonds Unicef maandag.
ANTANANARIVO (ANP) - Ongeveer 450.000 personen zijn sinds december 2006 getroffen door een serie van vijf cyclonen in Madagaskar. De zesde cycloon Jaya bereikt binnen 24 uur de noordkust van het eiland, dat ten oosten van het Afrikaanse vasteland ligt.
Drie weken geleden eiste de cycloon Indlala al tientallen levens. Duizenden mensen werden verdreven door het natuurgeweld.
Infrastructuur, scholen en ziekenhuizen in Madagaskar zijn beschadigd. Er is een enorm tekort aan voedsel, water en medicatie voor de inwoners van het land, meldde het VN-kinderfonds Unicef maandag.
6x in 4 maanden tijd.quote:Op maandag 2 april 2007 17:53 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
Madagaskar zet zich schrap voor zesde cycloon
ANTANANARIVO (ANP) - Ongeveer 450.000 personen zijn sinds december 2006 getroffen door een serie van vijf cyclonen in Madagaskar. De zesde cycloon Jaya bereikt binnen 24 uur de noordkust van het eiland, dat ten oosten van het Afrikaanse vasteland ligt.
Drie weken geleden eiste de cycloon Indlala al tientallen levens. Duizenden mensen werden verdreven door het natuurgeweld.
Infrastructuur, scholen en ziekenhuizen in Madagaskar zijn beschadigd. Er is een enorm tekort aan voedsel, water en medicatie voor de inwoners van het land, meldde het VN-kinderfonds Unicef maandag.
Elke keer duurt het project van herstelwerkzaamheden weer een beetje langer omdat materialen alsook het werkgereedschap weggewaaid is.
Buitengewoon actief orkaanseizoen voorspeld
Orkaanexperts voorspellen voor dit jaar een buitengewoon actief orkaanseizoen.
Verwoestend
Rekening wordt gehouden met zeker 17 tropische stormen in het Caribisch gebied en Midden- en Noord-Amerika. Zeker vijf stormen groeien uit tot orkanen, stelt orkaanexpert William Gray. Volgens hem is er een kans van 74% dat er in elk geval één verwoestende orkaan de Amerikaanse kust keihard zal treffen.
Seizoen
Het orkaanseizoen loopt in het gebied van de Atlantische Oceaan van juni tot november. Vorig jaar waren er negen tropische stormen, waarvan vijf orkanen. 2005 was een recordjaar met 28 stormen, waarvan 15 orkanen.
Orkaanexperts voorspellen voor dit jaar een buitengewoon actief orkaanseizoen.
Verwoestend
Rekening wordt gehouden met zeker 17 tropische stormen in het Caribisch gebied en Midden- en Noord-Amerika. Zeker vijf stormen groeien uit tot orkanen, stelt orkaanexpert William Gray. Volgens hem is er een kans van 74% dat er in elk geval één verwoestende orkaan de Amerikaanse kust keihard zal treffen.
Seizoen
Het orkaanseizoen loopt in het gebied van de Atlantische Oceaan van juni tot november. Vorig jaar waren er negen tropische stormen, waarvan vijf orkanen. 2005 was een recordjaar met 28 stormen, waarvan 15 orkanen.
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Tropical Cyclone Jaya
Tropical Cyclone Jaya came ashore in Northern Madagascar in the morning of April 2, 2007 at around 11:00 am local time (08:00 UTC). The storm formed in the Indian Ocean on March 30 and travelled westward toward Madagascar as predicted. What was not predicted, however, was its explosive growth in power from a strong tropical storm to a powerful Category 3 cyclone in just 36 hours, according to figures provided by the University of Hawaii’s Tropical Storm Information Center. Fortunately all this alarming action took place while Jaya was still well out from Madagascar over the ocean, and it struck land after losing power. Sustained winds at landfall were around 150 kilometers per hour (90 miles per hour), a marked change from 200 km/hr (125 mph) just twelve hours earlier. While much weakened, Jaya remained a powerful storm. Furthermore, it struck the northern part of Madagascar where a series of other cyclones in recent months have also come ashore. Forecasters were concerned that Jaya might reform after crossing the island and head inland into Mozambique where residents are recovering from floods caused by recent heavy rains.
This photo-like image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite on April 3, 2007, at 1:15 p.m. local time (10:15 UTC). The storm was a tropical cyclone with a circular shape, but no distinct eye at its center. According to the University of Hawaii’s Tropical Storm Information Center, Cyclone Jaya’s sustained winds had fallen in strength to roughly 125 km/hr (80 mph) at the time this image was acquired.
Tropical Cyclone Jaya came ashore in Northern Madagascar in the morning of April 2, 2007 at around 11:00 am local time (08:00 UTC). The storm formed in the Indian Ocean on March 30 and travelled westward toward Madagascar as predicted. What was not predicted, however, was its explosive growth in power from a strong tropical storm to a powerful Category 3 cyclone in just 36 hours, according to figures provided by the University of Hawaii’s Tropical Storm Information Center. Fortunately all this alarming action took place while Jaya was still well out from Madagascar over the ocean, and it struck land after losing power. Sustained winds at landfall were around 150 kilometers per hour (90 miles per hour), a marked change from 200 km/hr (125 mph) just twelve hours earlier. While much weakened, Jaya remained a powerful storm. Furthermore, it struck the northern part of Madagascar where a series of other cyclones in recent months have also come ashore. Forecasters were concerned that Jaya might reform after crossing the island and head inland into Mozambique where residents are recovering from floods caused by recent heavy rains.
This photo-like image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite on April 3, 2007, at 1:15 p.m. local time (10:15 UTC). The storm was a tropical cyclone with a circular shape, but no distinct eye at its center. According to the University of Hawaii’s Tropical Storm Information Center, Cyclone Jaya’s sustained winds had fallen in strength to roughly 125 km/hr (80 mph) at the time this image was acquired.
De Nederlanders worden wakker... hoewel op 23 maart al door de Amerikanen een melding werd gemaakt over een 'Active Season'... volgt nu Nederland
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Dekundigen waarschuwen voor orkanen
Deskundigen verwachten dit jaar een zeer actief Atlantisch orkaanseizoen. Volgens een bekendmaking dinsdag door een onderzoeksteam van de universiteit van Colorado wordt uitgegaan van negen orkanen. Eén zware orkaan zal hoogstwaarschijnlijk de kust van de Verenigde Staten bereiken.
De experts voorspellen zeventien tropische stormen die krachtig genoeg zullen zijn om een naam te verdienen, waaronder vijf zware orkanen. De kans dat een daarvan de Amerikaanse kust bereikt is dit jaar 74 procent.
Vorig jaar voorspelden het onderzoekscentrum en het Amerikaanse Nationale Orkaancentrum meer tropische stormen dan zich in werkelijkheid voordeden. In 2006 waren tien stormen krachtig genoeg om een naam te krijgen en deden zich vijf orkanen voor, waarvan twee zware. Het Atlantische orkaanseizoen loopt van 1 juni tot 30 november.
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Dekundigen waarschuwen voor orkanen
Deskundigen verwachten dit jaar een zeer actief Atlantisch orkaanseizoen. Volgens een bekendmaking dinsdag door een onderzoeksteam van de universiteit van Colorado wordt uitgegaan van negen orkanen. Eén zware orkaan zal hoogstwaarschijnlijk de kust van de Verenigde Staten bereiken.
De experts voorspellen zeventien tropische stormen die krachtig genoeg zullen zijn om een naam te verdienen, waaronder vijf zware orkanen. De kans dat een daarvan de Amerikaanse kust bereikt is dit jaar 74 procent.
Vorig jaar voorspelden het onderzoekscentrum en het Amerikaanse Nationale Orkaancentrum meer tropische stormen dan zich in werkelijkheid voordeden. In 2006 waren tien stormen krachtig genoeg om een naam te krijgen en deden zich vijf orkanen voor, waarvan twee zware. Het Atlantische orkaanseizoen loopt van 1 juni tot 30 november.
Tragisch orkaanseizoen voor Madagaskar
Gisteren is opnieuw een tropische cycloon, Jaya, op het eiland Madagaskar aan land gekomen. Het is al de zesde cycloon in de zuidwestelijke Indische Oceaan die het eiland dit seizoen 2006/2007 treft: vier kwamen aan land (Bondo, Clovis, Indlala en nu dus Jaya) en twee scheerden langs het eiland (Favio en Gamede).
De cyclonen hebben samen enkele honderden mensenlevens gekost en tienduizenden zijn dakloos. Volgens UNICEF ondervinden bijna een half miljoen mensen grote problemen, wegens gebrek aan voedsel, water en medicijnen. Tienduizenden hectaren aan rijstvelden zijn verloren gegaan.
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Gisteren is opnieuw een tropische cycloon, Jaya, op het eiland Madagaskar aan land gekomen. Het is al de zesde cycloon in de zuidwestelijke Indische Oceaan die het eiland dit seizoen 2006/2007 treft: vier kwamen aan land (Bondo, Clovis, Indlala en nu dus Jaya) en twee scheerden langs het eiland (Favio en Gamede).
De cyclonen hebben samen enkele honderden mensenlevens gekost en tienduizenden zijn dakloos. Volgens UNICEF ondervinden bijna een half miljoen mensen grote problemen, wegens gebrek aan voedsel, water en medicijnen. Tienduizenden hectaren aan rijstvelden zijn verloren gegaan.
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En ook Cliff duikt op in de verre uithoek... erges ten noord oosten van de Solomon Eilanden en Nieuw Zeeland
Dode door tropische storm in Fiji
De tropische storm Clive die bij Fiji is ontstaan, heeft aan één persoon het leven gekost. Het noodweer liet een behoorlijk schade achter.
Regen en windkracht 10 zorgden voor noodweer. Op een eiland in het oosten van het eilandenrijk viel 190 millimeter neerslag. Een 30-jarige vrouw die een snelstromende rivier probeerde over te steken, kwam daarbij om het leven.
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De tropische storm Clive die bij Fiji is ontstaan, heeft aan één persoon het leven gekost. Het noodweer liet een behoorlijk schade achter.
Regen en windkracht 10 zorgden voor noodweer. Op een eiland in het oosten van het eilandenrijk viel 190 millimeter neerslag. Een 30-jarige vrouw die een snelstromende rivier probeerde over te steken, kwam daarbij om het leven.
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Madagascar's Cyclone Season
When Cyclone Jaya came ashore over northern Madagascar on April 2, 2007, it was the fourth cyclone to do so since December 2006. Three other cyclones passed near enough to drench the southern African island nation. Two weeks before Jaya struck, Cyclone Indlala cut across the island. Favio and Gamede brought rain to the region in February, and Clovis, Bondo, and Anita all struck Madagascar in December. The cumulative effect of the seven cyclones was widespread flooding and displacement in the northern half of the country, reported the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
This pair of images shows the rainfall the storms brought to the region as recorded by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite. The top image compares rainfall totals from December 1, 2006, to April 5, 2007, with the average totals recorded between 1996 and 2006. The anomaly reveals that northern Madagascar and parts of mainland Africa received more rain than normal, particularly along the tracks of the storms. The southern half of Madagascar was in extreme drought, which is also illustrated by this image. The pale yellow regions indicate where less rain fell than normal.
The lower image illustrates rainfall totals from November 30, 2006, when Cyclone Anita formed, to April 5, 2007, as Cyclone Jaya was dissipating. The highest rainfall is shown in red and is concentrated in northern Madagascar where the storms came ashore. During this five-month period, TRMM recorded up to 790.6 millimeters (31.1 inches) of rain off the north coast of Madagascar.
Bron:
When Cyclone Jaya came ashore over northern Madagascar on April 2, 2007, it was the fourth cyclone to do so since December 2006. Three other cyclones passed near enough to drench the southern African island nation. Two weeks before Jaya struck, Cyclone Indlala cut across the island. Favio and Gamede brought rain to the region in February, and Clovis, Bondo, and Anita all struck Madagascar in December. The cumulative effect of the seven cyclones was widespread flooding and displacement in the northern half of the country, reported the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
This pair of images shows the rainfall the storms brought to the region as recorded by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite. The top image compares rainfall totals from December 1, 2006, to April 5, 2007, with the average totals recorded between 1996 and 2006. The anomaly reveals that northern Madagascar and parts of mainland Africa received more rain than normal, particularly along the tracks of the storms. The southern half of Madagascar was in extreme drought, which is also illustrated by this image. The pale yellow regions indicate where less rain fell than normal.
The lower image illustrates rainfall totals from November 30, 2006, when Cyclone Anita formed, to April 5, 2007, as Cyclone Jaya was dissipating. The highest rainfall is shown in red and is concentrated in northern Madagascar where the storms came ashore. During this five-month period, TRMM recorded up to 790.6 millimeters (31.1 inches) of rain off the north coast of Madagascar.
Bron:
New FEMA Hurricane Plan Won't Be Ready click
Congress Ordered New Plan By June 1; Agency Says Still Hopes for Sometime in June
April 17, 2007
(CBS/AP)
Congress Ordered New Plan By June 1; Agency Says Still Hopes for Sometime in June
April 17, 2007
(CBS/AP)
quote:A federal government plan for responding to emergencies will not be ready in time for the approaching hurricane season, officials have told Congress.
Laat het maar beginnen!quote:Hello again, and welcome to the National Hurricane Center Automated
Advisory Email Service. In preparation for the start of the 2007
Hurricane Season, we will be resuming our Automated Advisory Email
Service shortly. The East Pacific season begins May 15th and the
Atlantic season begins June 1st.
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Grotere kans op orkanen in Louisiana(Trouw)
HOUSTON (ANP) - De kans dat de Amerikaanse staten Texas, Louisiana en Mississippi dit jaar door zware wervelstormen worden getroffen, is boven gemiddeld. Dit stelde dinsdag een prominente instelling als het gaat om wervelstormvoorspellingen, de Colorado State University.
De kans op orkanen met windsnelheden van meer dan 175 kilometer per uur is in de streek langs de Golf van Mexico normaal 30 procent. Dit jaar is het 49 procent volgens orkaanvoorspeller Phillip Klotzbach.
De kusten van Lousiana, inclusief de stad New Orleans, en die van Mississippi werden in 2005 door de orkaan Katrina voor een groot deel verwoest. De schade bedroeg meer dan 80 miljard dollar.
HOUSTON (ANP) - De kans dat de Amerikaanse staten Texas, Louisiana en Mississippi dit jaar door zware wervelstormen worden getroffen, is boven gemiddeld. Dit stelde dinsdag een prominente instelling als het gaat om wervelstormvoorspellingen, de Colorado State University.
De kans op orkanen met windsnelheden van meer dan 175 kilometer per uur is in de streek langs de Golf van Mexico normaal 30 procent. Dit jaar is het 49 procent volgens orkaanvoorspeller Phillip Klotzbach.
De kusten van Lousiana, inclusief de stad New Orleans, en die van Mississippi werden in 2005 door de orkaan Katrina voor een groot deel verwoest. De schade bedroeg meer dan 80 miljard dollar.
An Early Start of the Season? Did we "Miss" Andrea??
I was just looking at some observations from a buoy that is located about 180 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Winds at this buoy have been above tropical storm strength (>39 mph) throughout the day.
The interesting thing to me though are the wave heights. Operationally, NHC warns of a 12-ft wave height radius for named systems, that is how far from the center of the storm does one find 12-ft high waves. Have a look below at the wave heights generated by this system. Pretty impressive.
Alas, looking at the latest model runs, this is most likely the height of the storm's intensity, so if NHC has not upgraded the system yet, it most likely will not. Still, this storm will be a significant rain/wind/surge event for the Southeast Coast, with hurricane force wind warnings posted off the South Carolina coast. If anything else happens with the storm, we'll try to get it posted here.
A strong low pressure system has formed off the East Coast of the United States (Figure 1). This system has developed central thunderstorm activity while remaining over the warmish waters of the Gulf Stream. Sea surface temperatures underneath the area of activity are below the usual threshold of 26C, however, upper level temperatures are cold enough that the storm could develop some tropical characteristics.
The forecast track moves it southwestward over the next few days. I'm showing the UKMET model here because it has been the most consistent and best forecast for this storm (Figure 2). To my eye, this looks like classical subtropical development.
Rest van het artikel ----> http://www.thestormtrack.(...)rt_to_the_season.php
en http://www.thestormtrack.com/
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Dat zou wat zijn... als ze 'nu al' een storm hadden... normaal is Juni nog relatief rustig... maar in Mei??
[ Bericht 10% gewijzigd door Frutsel op 09-05-2007 10:25:55 ]
I was just looking at some observations from a buoy that is located about 180 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Winds at this buoy have been above tropical storm strength (>39 mph) throughout the day.
The interesting thing to me though are the wave heights. Operationally, NHC warns of a 12-ft wave height radius for named systems, that is how far from the center of the storm does one find 12-ft high waves. Have a look below at the wave heights generated by this system. Pretty impressive.
Alas, looking at the latest model runs, this is most likely the height of the storm's intensity, so if NHC has not upgraded the system yet, it most likely will not. Still, this storm will be a significant rain/wind/surge event for the Southeast Coast, with hurricane force wind warnings posted off the South Carolina coast. If anything else happens with the storm, we'll try to get it posted here.
A strong low pressure system has formed off the East Coast of the United States (Figure 1). This system has developed central thunderstorm activity while remaining over the warmish waters of the Gulf Stream. Sea surface temperatures underneath the area of activity are below the usual threshold of 26C, however, upper level temperatures are cold enough that the storm could develop some tropical characteristics.
The forecast track moves it southwestward over the next few days. I'm showing the UKMET model here because it has been the most consistent and best forecast for this storm (Figure 2). To my eye, this looks like classical subtropical development.
Rest van het artikel ----> http://www.thestormtrack.(...)rt_to_the_season.php
en http://www.thestormtrack.com/
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Dat zou wat zijn... als ze 'nu al' een storm hadden... normaal is Juni nog relatief rustig... maar in Mei??
[ Bericht 10% gewijzigd door Frutsel op 09-05-2007 10:25:55 ]
bron: NHC mail.quote:...EARLY-SEASON SUBTROPICAL STORM FORMS OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S.
COAST...
SATELLITE IMAGERY AND AIRCRAFT DATA INDICATE THAT THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST HAS ACQUIRED SUBTROPICAL
CHARACTERISTICS.
AT 11 AM EDT...1500 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED
ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND
GEORGIA SOUTHWARD TO FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH
MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS.
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ff achter de schermen gevraagd hoe we DE gaan koppelen met NWS met het oog op het komende seizoen. Eens kijken of de vaste Hurricane lezers en posters ook in NWS de anderen voor kunnen zijn met het verstrekken van info Kom ik nog ff op terug
Kom ik nog ff op terug
Jeumig nu al. Is dit alle energie die de oceaan vorig jaar niet kwijt kon omdat er gewoon nooit echt geschikte omstandigheden waren voor orkanen? Dan hebben we een lollig jaar voor de boeg.
Puntje van orde trouwens: Zelf heb ik voor het nalezen liever dat er statische plaatjes meegelinkt worden in de discussie ipv dingen die constant ververst worden door de NOAA. Maakt het nalezen van de discussie over een week een stuk makkelijker.
Puntje van orde trouwens: Zelf heb ik voor het nalezen liever dat er statische plaatjes meegelinkt worden in de discussie ipv dingen die constant ververst worden door de NOAA. Maakt het nalezen van de discussie over een week een stuk makkelijker.
^^^ dat lijkt me inderdaad een goed plan. Straks heb je een discussie die leest over een orkaan die al dissipated is.
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Andrea Winds speeds up Wildfires in Georgia and Florida
Winds from the first named storm of the year fanned wildfires in Georgia and northern Florida on Wednesday, more than three weeks ahead of the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season.
Subtropical Storm Andrea, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (72 kph) and higher gusts, was centered about 135 miles southeast of Savannah, Georgia, and about 115 miles northeast of Daytona Beach, Florida, as of 11 p.m. ET on Wednesday, forecasters said.
Tropical storm-force winds extended outward up to 105 miles from its center, mainly to the east.
Forecasters had described Andrea as "meandering" throughout the day, but late Wednesday said it was nearly stationary and that no significant motion was expected in the next 24 hours.
A tropical storm watch was issued for the Southeastern U.S. coast from Georgia's Altamaha Sound south to Flagler Beach, Florida, the weather service said.
A tropical storm watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within 36 hours.
A previous forecast warned of dangerous surf conditions along the coasts of North and South Carolina as well as Georgia and northeastern Florida.
The storm is expected to bring a total of 1-2 inches of rain along the coast, with isolated maximum amounts of about 3 inches in some rainbands, forecasters said.
Rain will be welcomed in southern Georgia and northern Florida, where drought conditions have contributed to wildfires. In fact, Andrea's winds were making things worse Wednesday.
"Our forestry firefighters think they have [one fire] contained, and then these winds blow an ember a mile away and start a fire over there," said Terence McElroy, a spokesman for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who declared a state of emergency in the state May 3 because of the drought and wildfire danger, deployed the National Guard to help contain the blazes.
Wednesday, he traveled to several areas where 220 wildfires are burning 80,000 acres (32,370 hectares), hoping for Andrea to bring much-needed rain.
"I just hope it's wet. I want it to be wet, and I want it to come in here. I want it to come in as soon as it can," he said.
Fires are burning in 54 of the drought-ravaged state's 67 counties. Florida officials issued recommendations on Wednesday advising residents to stay indoors whenever possible to avoid the smoke drifting across the state.
Since the beginning of the year, 2,139 fires have burned more than 195,000 acres (78,900 hectares) in Florida, according to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Web site.
In south Georgia, more than 156,000 acres (63,000 hectares) have burned in four counties.
The biggest fire, in Ware and Charlton counties, began April 16 when a power line went down. Schools were closed Wednesday in Charlton County.
Mandatory evacuations have been issued for about 300 homes in the town of Moniac and 20 homes in Davis.
Arson investigators were still looking for a black, extended-cab, late-90s Chevrolet pickup truck driven by an arson witness, officials said.
Subtropical storms differ from tropical storms in some technical characteristics relating to wind and temperature, according to the National Hurricane Center's Web site.
Hurricane season begins June 1. (CNN)
Subtropical Storm Andrea
The circling clouds of an intense low-pressure system sat off the southeast coast of the United States on May 8, 2007, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image. By the following morning, the storm developed enough to be classified as a subtropical storm, a storm that forms outside of the tropics, but has many of the characteristics—hurricane-force winds, driving rains, low pressure, and sometimes an eye—of a tropical storm.
Although it arrived several weeks shy of the official start of the hurricane season (June 1), Subtropical Storm Andrea became the first named storm of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm has the circular shape of a tropical cyclone in this image, but lacks the tight organization seen in more powerful storms. By May 9, the storm’s winds reached 75 kilometers per hour (45 miles per hour), and the storm was not predicted to get any stronger, said the National Hurricane Center.
Though Subtropical Storm Andrea was expected to remain offshore, its strong winds and high waves pummeled coastal states, prompting a tropical storm watch. The winds fueled wild fires (marked with red boxes) in Georgia and Florida. The wind-driven flames generated thick plumes of smoke that concentrated in a gray-brown mass over Tampa Bay, Florida. Unfortunately for Georgia and Florida, which are experiencing moderate to severe drought, Subtropical Storm Andrea was not predicted to bring any significant rain to the region in upcoming days, according to reports on the Washington Post Website.
Andrea is er vroeg bij
Ter hoogte van de Amerikaanse zuidoostkust (nabij Florida) is gisteren de eerste (sub)tropische storm van het seizoen tot ontwikkeling gekomen. Het systeem kreeg de naam Andrea. (sub)Tropische stormen in deze tijd van het jaar komen niet vaak voor maar uniek zijn ze niet. In onder meer mei 1889 en in mei 1951 zijn er tropische stormen geweest en zelfs op 7 maart in het jaar 1908. De vroegste tropische cycloon die de Amerikaanse oostkust (het noorden van Florida) bereikte was Alma op 24-25 mei 1970. Alma kostte op Cuba aan zeven mensen het leven maar werd in Florida met open armen ontvangen omdat het systeem met tussen 125 en 250 mm een einde maakte aan de droogte in het zuiden van deze staat. De schade had daar niets te betekenen en doden en gewonden vielen er niet te betreuren. In juni 1966 was er ook een Alma actief: dit systeem bereikte het noordwesten van Florida op de 9de en was de vroegste hurricane die de Amerikaanse kustlijn passeerde.
Ter hoogte van de Amerikaanse zuidoostkust (nabij Florida) is gisteren de eerste (sub)tropische storm van het seizoen tot ontwikkeling gekomen. Het systeem kreeg de naam Andrea. (sub)Tropische stormen in deze tijd van het jaar komen niet vaak voor maar uniek zijn ze niet. In onder meer mei 1889 en in mei 1951 zijn er tropische stormen geweest en zelfs op 7 maart in het jaar 1908. De vroegste tropische cycloon die de Amerikaanse oostkust (het noorden van Florida) bereikte was Alma op 24-25 mei 1970. Alma kostte op Cuba aan zeven mensen het leven maar werd in Florida met open armen ontvangen omdat het systeem met tussen 125 en 250 mm een einde maakte aan de droogte in het zuiden van deze staat. De schade had daar niets te betekenen en doden en gewonden vielen er niet te betreuren. In juni 1966 was er ook een Alma actief: dit systeem bereikte het noordwesten van Florida op de 9de en was de vroegste hurricane die de Amerikaanse kustlijn passeerde.
Als die mooie orkaantjes nou ook eens richting NL komen, die hier voor leuke stormen gaat zorgen, dan vind ik het wel best
Maar het is idd behoorlijk vroeg, maar betekent ook een zeer actief topic seizoen
Maar het is idd behoorlijk vroeg, maar betekent ook een zeer actief topic seizoen
Doe mee met het voorspellen van het weer!
Weekvoorspelling -- Week 1
Maandvoorspelling februari.
Jaarvoorspelling 2024 --- Jaarvoorspelling 2025!
Weekvoorspelling -- Week 1
Maandvoorspelling februari.
Jaarvoorspelling 2024 --- Jaarvoorspelling 2025!
Ja jij bent gek weet je wel hoe koud dat, dat is. maar eerlijk is eerlijk het is al erg genoeg
maar eerlijk is eerlijk het is al erg genoeg 
Goudenkooi verslaafde!!
Idd, het is niet leuk om een orkaan over je heen te krijgen met alle gevolgen van dien......maar een keer moet toch wel eens kunnen want zeg nou eens eerlijk, super zwaar weer hebben we hier niet
want zeg nou eens eerlijk, super zwaar weer hebben we hier niet 
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Beetje te koud water hier he . Misschien als het IJselmeer flink opwarmt Of nog beter, het Tjeukemeerquote:Op donderdag 10 mei 2007 22:50 schreef SpeedyGJ het volgende:
Als die mooie orkaantjes nou ook eens richting NL komen, die hier voor leuke stormen gaat zorgen, dan vind ik het wel best
Maar het is idd behoorlijk vroeg, maar betekent ook een zeer actief topic seizoen
Of nog beter, het Tjeukemeer
Noordzee is al warm genoeg voor een goed stormpie denk eens aan 18 januari herhaling mag wel of die van 1 novquote:Op donderdag 10 mei 2007 23:16 schreef i2Them2 het volgende:
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Beetje te koud water hier he . Misschien als het IJselmeer flink opwarmt Of nog beter, het Tjeukemeer
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hoezo 'koud' ?quote:Op donderdag 10 mei 2007 23:09 schreef annatopia het volgende:
Ja jij bent gek weet je wel hoe koud dat, dat is. maar eerlijk is eerlijk het is al erg genoeg
Westen winden zorgen altijd voor frissere lichtquote:
Graagquote:Op vrijdag 11 mei 2007 11:15 schreef annatopia het volgende:
gj daar heb je wel gelijk in maar dan wel bij jou in de buurt niet bij ons
Maar goed, effe verder ontopic zus
Ben eigelijk wel benieuwd hoe dit allemaal gaat uit pakken. Als ik het zo allemaal een beetje lees, kan het wel weer eens goed mis gaan daar. Orkaan katrina heb ik toen helemaal live op CNN gevolgt, misschien dat het dit jaar wel weer wordt
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Speedy, Mag ik u voor augustus/september een tripje Florida aanraden? Of Japan of de Filipijnen ofzo.
Het spul is fantastisch mooi om te zien, ik ben iedere keer weer verbaasd hoeveel warmte en vocht er door 1 lullig stormpje getransporteerd kan worden en hoe belangrijk die dingen zijn voor de warmte huishouding van de aarde, maar ik hoef ze niet mee te maken.
Nederland is gematigd. Nooit te warm, te koud, te nat, te droog, te links of te rechts. Nou ja, dat laatste niet meer, maar die eerste wil ik graag nog even zo houden
Het spul is fantastisch mooi om te zien, ik ben iedere keer weer verbaasd hoeveel warmte en vocht er door 1 lullig stormpje getransporteerd kan worden en hoe belangrijk die dingen zijn voor de warmte huishouding van de aarde, maar ik hoef ze niet mee te maken.
Nederland is gematigd. Nooit te warm, te koud, te nat, te droog, te links of te rechts. Nou ja, dat laatste niet meer, maar die eerste wil ik graag nog even zo houden
Als jij mij geld gaat sponseren, dan zal ik voor zorgen dat een er een knallende verslag + filmpjes etc etc etc op mijn website komt te staan
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Kan zijn, maar zo'n orkaan wordt mede gevoed door warm zeewater...dus voordat dat hier gerealiseerd is, vraag ik me af hoe koud het dan nog is.. dan gaat immers alles op zijn gat toch?quote:Op vrijdag 11 mei 2007 11:17 schreef SpeedyGJ het volgende:
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Westen winden zorgen altijd voor frissere licht
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Juist, maar het komt ook weer over koude zeewater dan moet je denken aan temps van 20/21 graden, met regen en wind natuurlijk maar dit hangt ook weer vanaf hoe warm de bovenlucht is.quote:Op vrijdag 11 mei 2007 11:27 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
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Kan zijn, maar zo'n orkaan wordt mede gevoed door warm zeewater...dus voordat dat hier gerealiseerd is, vraag ik me af hoe koud het dan nog is.. dan gaat immers alles op zijn gat toch?
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Een tijd geleden was er ook een orkaan bij zuid Brazilië. Dat was daar net zo ongewoon als hier meen ik.
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Andrea still not reformed
May 13, 2007 - 2:25 AM UTC (subtract 4 hours for EDT - StormTrack)
As a quick update, the remnants of Andrea have still not reformed into a tropical depression. Flares of convection have been continuously firing up and subsiding all day long. Once again, if Andrea can sustain convection in one spot and organize a bit more at all, she will regain tropical depression status.
May 13, 2007 - 2:25 AM UTC (subtract 4 hours for EDT - StormTrack)
As a quick update, the remnants of Andrea have still not reformed into a tropical depression. Flares of convection have been continuously firing up and subsiding all day long. Once again, if Andrea can sustain convection in one spot and organize a bit more at all, she will regain tropical depression status.
CNN meldde Vietnam, nam het klakkeloos overquote:Op maandag 14 mei 2007 15:41 schreef highway101 het volgende:
Vietnam?
Bangladesh/Myanmar(Burma) en India bedoel je
maar je hebt gelijk
Andrea en rook van bosbranden
On Saturday, as the remnants of Andrea finally began moving out to sea, the tropical depression-ish low fired sporadic bursts of convection like the one near its center in the first image below, but overall the convection over the course of the weekend was never really persistent in an organized fashion and the system was not officially designated by the National Hurricane Center to be a depression. Today, as it moved farther northeast, the low started becoming less well-defined and is now merging with a cold front and becoming extratropical (as it was when everything began a week ago!).
Meanwhile, the fires keep burning, and the smoke persists from south Georgia and the eastern Gulf of Mexico across Florida and now even farther out into the Atlantic. On the second image below, there's a particularly dense concentration of smoke near the Georgia/Florida border in the area where road closures have resulted in slow-going for travelers. Hopefully the thunderstorms that have been scattered about the region at times this weekend have done more good (rain) than harm (wind and lightning).
weather.com (hier is ook een grotere foto te vinden)
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On Saturday, as the remnants of Andrea finally began moving out to sea, the tropical depression-ish low fired sporadic bursts of convection like the one near its center in the first image below, but overall the convection over the course of the weekend was never really persistent in an organized fashion and the system was not officially designated by the National Hurricane Center to be a depression. Today, as it moved farther northeast, the low started becoming less well-defined and is now merging with a cold front and becoming extratropical (as it was when everything began a week ago!).
Meanwhile, the fires keep burning, and the smoke persists from south Georgia and the eastern Gulf of Mexico across Florida and now even farther out into the Atlantic. On the second image below, there's a particularly dense concentration of smoke near the Georgia/Florida border in the area where road closures have resulted in slow-going for travelers. Hopefully the thunderstorms that have been scattered about the region at times this weekend have done more good (rain) than harm (wind and lightning).
weather.com (hier is ook een grotere foto te vinden)
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De cycloon Akash is gepromoveerd tot een catogorie 1 ! Dat is de eerste sinds lange tijden !!
2007 = Supper orkaan zeisoen !
Dat gebied bij Chittagong valt toch altijd de meeste neerslag ter wereld? Dat wordt nu dus meer
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Leuke naam, wat voor superkloon ben jij?quote:Op maandag 14 mei 2007 23:02 schreef Catogorie5 het volgende:
De cycloon Akash is gepromoveerd tot een catogorie 1 ! Dat is de eerste sinds lange tijden !!
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Hurricane Forecast 2007: Florida in the Bulls-eye This Season click
We're in for a Rough Year Says — Joe Bastardi, Chief Hurricane Forecaster for AccuWeather
May 14, 2007
AccuWeather.com
benieuwd wat het wordt, want niets is zeker...
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We're in for a Rough Year Says — Joe Bastardi, Chief Hurricane Forecaster for AccuWeather
May 14, 2007
AccuWeather.com
...quote:AccuWeather.com Chief Hurricane Forecaster Joe Bastardi and his team expect this season's hurricanes and tropical storms to pose a far greater threat to lives and property than last year's, with significantly more storms striking the U.S.
In the AccuWeather.com 2007 Hurricane Season Forecast released recently, Bastardi warns that six or seven storms will strike the U.S. coast. This includes the possibility of multiple strikes by the same storm, such as the way hurricanes Andrew and Katrina, both extreme examples, struck Florida before later striking the Gulf Coast. The majority of these landfalls are projected for the Gulf Coast from the mouth of the Mississippi River to Cape Hatteras, N.C., with the center of the bull's-eye on Florida.
AccuWeather.com forecasts 13 or 14 total storms in the Atlantic basin, with three or more likely to be major hurricanes of category 3 or greater.
benieuwd wat het wordt, want niets is zeker...
quote:In summarizing what can be expected this summer, Bastardi said, "We are living in a time of climatic hardship. We're in a cycle where weather extremes are more the norm and not the exception.
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Hoeso ?quote:Op maandag 14 mei 2007 23:21 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
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Leuke naam, wat voor superkloon ben jij?
Er zijn trouwens ongeveer 100 doden gevallen bij de cycloon !
2007 = Supper orkaan zeisoen !
Ach dat zeiden ze vorig jaar ook en toen bleef het rustig.quote:Op woensdag 16 mei 2007 01:07 schreef francorex het volgende:
Hurricane Forecast 2007: Florida in the Bulls-eye This Season
We're in for a Rough Year Says — Joe Bastardi, Chief Hurricane Forecaster for AccuWeather
May 14, 2007
AccuWeather.com
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benieuwd wat het wordt, want niets is zeker...
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Zoals ik zei, niets is zeker.quote:Op woensdag 16 mei 2007 15:15 schreef Eveli het volgende:
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Ach dat zeiden ze vorig jaar ook en toen bleef het rustig.
YUTU
Actuele status
Om 15h00 UTC, op 18 mei bevond zware tropische storm Yutu zich nabij 13,6 Noorderbreedte, 133,3 Oosterlengte, oftewel 700 km ten noordwesten van Yap. Yutu trekt met 26 km/uur in noordwestelijke richting en gaat gepaard met windsnelheden tot 110 km/uur (10 min), tot 120 km/uur (1 min) en met windstoten tot 157 km/uur. De minimale luchtdruk bedraagt 985 hPa. Verwacht wordt, dat Yutu verder zal aanwakkeren tot tyfoon.
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Actuele status
Om 15h00 UTC, op 18 mei bevond zware tropische storm Yutu zich nabij 13,6 Noorderbreedte, 133,3 Oosterlengte, oftewel 700 km ten noordwesten van Yap. Yutu trekt met 26 km/uur in noordwestelijke richting en gaat gepaard met windsnelheden tot 110 km/uur (10 min), tot 120 km/uur (1 min) en met windstoten tot 157 km/uur. De minimale luchtdruk bedraagt 985 hPa. Verwacht wordt, dat Yutu verder zal aanwakkeren tot tyfoon.
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Actuele status (YUKU)
Om 09h00 UTC, op 19 mei bevond tyfoon Yutu zich nabij 16,7 Noorderbreedte, 132,2 Oosterlengte, oftewel 1020 km ten noordwesten van Yap. Yutu trekt met 20 km/uur in noordlijke richting en gaat gepaard met windsnelheden tot 148 km/uur (10 min), tot 157 km/uur (1 min), en met windstoten tot 213 km/uur. De minimale luchtdruk bedraagt 965 hPa. Verwacht wordt, dat Yutu de komende dagen nog iets in kracht zal toenemen en zal ombuigen naar het noordoosten, waarna Yutu gestaag zal verzwakken.
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Woei 157km/h kom maar hier heen, dat kan NL nog wel hebben alleen de windstoten wordt wat lastig denk ik
Wel een mooi satbeeld
Wel een mooi satbeeld
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YUKU heeft nu windstoten van 275 km/uur. Na morgen zal de tyfoon afzwakken. (dan komt het in kouder water terecht)
Hier is ook het oog mooi te zien.
Hier is ook het oog mooi te zien.
Hmm Nu al zin in zo'n orkaan restant die het hier lekker stormachtig maakt
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Voltreffer voor Iwo Jima
Ten zuiden van Japan is de orkaan Yutu verschenen. De orkaan die zondagavond was uitgegroeid tot een categorie 4 trekt richting Iwo Jima.
De luchtdruk in het systeem was zondagavond gedaald tot 922 hPa. Rond het oog bedroeg de gemiddelde windsnelheid 220 kilometer per uur met windstoten tot 270 kilometer per uur. Volgens de huidige verwachting zal het oog maandagmiddag precies over het eiland trekken. De orkaan is dan afgenomen tot een categorie 2.
Ten zuiden van Japan is de orkaan Yutu verschenen. De orkaan die zondagavond was uitgegroeid tot een categorie 4 trekt richting Iwo Jima.
De luchtdruk in het systeem was zondagavond gedaald tot 922 hPa. Rond het oog bedroeg de gemiddelde windsnelheid 220 kilometer per uur met windstoten tot 270 kilometer per uur. Volgens de huidige verwachting zal het oog maandagmiddag precies over het eiland trekken. De orkaan is dan afgenomen tot een categorie 2.
Zat gisteren al op de kaarten te bladeren naar het pad van Yutu. Iwo Jima... het enige wat ik daar van weet is de geschiedenis uit de 2e Wereldoorlog. En al die gangenstelsels zijn toen dichtgegooid Mjah, hopelijk valt het mee voor die bevolking... zal ze zwaar treffen, ook al is het 'maar' een cat.2
In tokyo gelukkig niets van te merken, hier heerlijk weer.
They told me all of my cages were mental, so I got wasted like all my potential.
Ghe ja 'maar' categorie 2. Da's altijd nog flink zwaarder dan onze januaristorm die ons land zo'n beetje ontwrichtte en waarbij iets van 6 doden vielen.quote:Op maandag 21 mei 2007 08:14 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
Zat gisteren al op de kaarten te bladeren naar het pad van Yutu. Iwo Jima... het enige wat ik daar van weet is de geschiedenis uit de 2e Wereldoorlog. En al die gangenstelsels zijn toen dichtgegooid Mjah, hopelijk valt het mee voor die bevolking... zal ze zwaar treffen, ook al is het 'maar' een cat.2
Yuku zwakt nu snel af.
Windsnelheid rond de 120 km/uur met windstoten tegen de 150 km/uur.
Hier is een grotere versie van bovenstaand plaatje
Windsnelheid rond de 120 km/uur met windstoten tegen de 150 km/uur.
Hier is een grotere versie van bovenstaand plaatje
Experts predict 'active' hurricane season
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government forecasters called for a busier than normal hurricane season Tuesday.
National Weather Service forecasters said they expect 13 to 17 tropical storms, with seven to 10 of them becoming hurricanes.
The forecast follows that of two other leading storm experts in anticipating a busy season.
The likelihood of above normal hurricane activity is 75 percent, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. (Watch how storms spur the market for survival kits and hurricane armor )
"With expectations for an active season, it is critically important that people who live in East and Gulf coastal areas as well as the Caribbean be prepared," said Bill Proenza, director of the national hurricane center in Miami, Florida.
After the battering by storms Katrina and Rita in 2005 there were widespread fears last summer of another powerful storm striking, but the unexpected development of the El Nino climate phenomenon helped dampen conditions.
The El Nino has ended, however, leaving the potential for more tropical storms threatening the Gulf and East coasts.
El Nino is a warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean that occurs every few years. The warm water affects wind patterns that guide weather movement and its effects can be seen worldwide. In El Nino years, there tend to be fewer summer hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean.
Earlier this month Philip Klotzbach, a research associate at Colorado State University, and Joe Bastardi, the chief hurricane forecaster for AccuWeather Inc., said they anticipate a more active storm cycle this year.
And, almost as if to underscore their comments, a subtropical storm formed off the southeast coast and became Andrea, the first named storm of the year, well before the June 1 official beginning of hurricane season.
Hurricane season ends November 30, but the strange season of 2005 ran into late December, using up all the planned alphabetical names and forcing storm watchers to switch to the Greek alphabet to continue naming storms.
Last year, there were just 10 tropical storms in the Atlantic and none made landfall in the United States.
Klotzbach and his colleague at Colorado State, William Gray, predict a "very active" season this year with 17 named storms, including nine hurricanes.
Bastardi called for fewer storms but agreed 2007 would be more active than usual. He expects 13 or 14 named storms, six or seven of which will strike the U.S. coast.
Bastardi said the Texas Gulf coast is twice as likely to be hit as in an average year and Florida appears four times as likely.
Katrina easily became the costliest hurricane in U.S. history with damage estimated by the National Hurricane Center at more than $80 billion. Of the 30 costliest hurricanes in this country's history, four occurred in 2005.
Katrina displaced 1992's Andrew, at just over $48 billion, as the top storm, while other 2005 storms ranked are: Wilma, No. 3, at $21 billion; Rita in 9th place with damage of nearly $12 billion; and, ranked 30th, Dennis at $2 billion.
With a death toll topping 1,500, Katrina is also the third deadliest in U.S. history, following the 1900 hurricane that hit Galveston killing 8,000 to 12,000 people and a 1928 storm that claimed at least 2,500 lives in Florida.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government forecasters called for a busier than normal hurricane season Tuesday.
National Weather Service forecasters said they expect 13 to 17 tropical storms, with seven to 10 of them becoming hurricanes.
The forecast follows that of two other leading storm experts in anticipating a busy season.
The likelihood of above normal hurricane activity is 75 percent, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. (Watch how storms spur the market for survival kits and hurricane armor )
"With expectations for an active season, it is critically important that people who live in East and Gulf coastal areas as well as the Caribbean be prepared," said Bill Proenza, director of the national hurricane center in Miami, Florida.
After the battering by storms Katrina and Rita in 2005 there were widespread fears last summer of another powerful storm striking, but the unexpected development of the El Nino climate phenomenon helped dampen conditions.
The El Nino has ended, however, leaving the potential for more tropical storms threatening the Gulf and East coasts.
El Nino is a warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean that occurs every few years. The warm water affects wind patterns that guide weather movement and its effects can be seen worldwide. In El Nino years, there tend to be fewer summer hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean.
Earlier this month Philip Klotzbach, a research associate at Colorado State University, and Joe Bastardi, the chief hurricane forecaster for AccuWeather Inc., said they anticipate a more active storm cycle this year.
And, almost as if to underscore their comments, a subtropical storm formed off the southeast coast and became Andrea, the first named storm of the year, well before the June 1 official beginning of hurricane season.
Hurricane season ends November 30, but the strange season of 2005 ran into late December, using up all the planned alphabetical names and forcing storm watchers to switch to the Greek alphabet to continue naming storms.
Last year, there were just 10 tropical storms in the Atlantic and none made landfall in the United States.
Klotzbach and his colleague at Colorado State, William Gray, predict a "very active" season this year with 17 named storms, including nine hurricanes.
Bastardi called for fewer storms but agreed 2007 would be more active than usual. He expects 13 or 14 named storms, six or seven of which will strike the U.S. coast.
Bastardi said the Texas Gulf coast is twice as likely to be hit as in an average year and Florida appears four times as likely.
Katrina easily became the costliest hurricane in U.S. history with damage estimated by the National Hurricane Center at more than $80 billion. Of the 30 costliest hurricanes in this country's history, four occurred in 2005.
Katrina displaced 1992's Andrew, at just over $48 billion, as the top storm, while other 2005 storms ranked are: Wilma, No. 3, at $21 billion; Rita in 9th place with damage of nearly $12 billion; and, ranked 30th, Dennis at $2 billion.
With a death toll topping 1,500, Katrina is also the third deadliest in U.S. history, following the 1900 hurricane that hit Galveston killing 8,000 to 12,000 people and a 1928 storm that claimed at least 2,500 lives in Florida.
quote:Tropical Cyclone Yutu Brushes Iwo Jima, Weakening Rapidly
Tropical cyclone Yutu passed just south of the Japanese island of Iwo Jima on Mon., May 21, bringing heavy rains and gusty winds. At the time, Yutu was still classified as a typhoon, but fortunately the fiercest part of the storm appears to have spared the island. At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Mon., May 21 (0300 UTC Tues., May 22), tropical cyclone Yutu was located near 26.8 degrees north latitude and 145.6 degrees east longitude, or about 195 miles east-northeast of Iwo Jima. Storm movement was toward the east-northeast at 20 knots (23 mph), with maximum sustained winds near 65 knots (75 mph), and gusts to 80 knots (92 mph). Wave heights near the storm center were approximately 26 feet.
Ik blijf het altijd schitterend vinden hoe de VS zich zo sterk achten maar wel telkens met dit soort zaken krijgt te maken en er niets tegen kan doen. Dus sow slecht hebben wij het nog niet in Nederland.
Tja... de VS is dan ook tig keer zo groot als Nederland en ligt op een vrij instabiele plek vergeleken met Europa..quote:Op maandag 28 mei 2007 17:02 schreef sanni het volgende:
Ik blijf het altijd schitterend vinden hoe de VS zich zo sterk achten maar wel telkens met dit soort zaken krijgt te maken en er niets tegen kan doen. Dus sow slecht hebben wij het nog niet in Nederland.
Sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico rise due to natural summer warming. These warm surface temperatures are a contributing factor to favorable conditions that can lead to the formation of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and off the Eastern Shore of the United States. In general, hurricanes tend to form over warm ocean water whose temperature is 82 degrees Fahreheit (approximately 27.7 degrees Celsius) or higher. These areas are depicted in yellow, orange, and red. This data was taken by the AMSR-E instrument aboard the Aqua satellite.
NASA
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Mooi die staat nu ook in de OP. Want die misten we nog.quote:Op dinsdag 29 mei 2007 22:25 schreef aloa het volgende:
Sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico rise due to natural summer warming. These warm surface temperatures are a contributing factor to favorable conditions that can lead to the formation of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and off the Eastern Shore of the United States. In general, hurricanes tend to form over warm ocean water whose temperature is 82 degrees Fahreheit (approximately 27.7 degrees Celsius) or higher. These areas are depicted in yellow, orange, and red. This data was taken by the AMSR-E instrument aboard the Aqua satellite.
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quote:Op dinsdag 29 mei 2007 22:36 schreef Drugshond het volgende:
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Mooi die staat nu ook in de OP. Want die misten we nog.
Tropische depressie 2-E (Barbara)
Op 28 mei ontwikkelde zich een lagedrukgebied boven het zuidwesten van de Golf van Tehuantepec. Aanvankelijk dreef het lagedrukgebied noordwaarts en onder gunstige omstandigheden; het warme zeewater van 30C en divergerende luchtstromingen op grote hoogte, ontwikkelde het lagedrukgebied zich op 29 mei tot tropische depressie 2-E op ongeveer 380km ten zuid-zuidoosten van Acapulco de Juarez.
Die kan weleens voor flink wat overlast gaan zorgen
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Dat kan wel eens een vervelende dame worden idd....quote:Op woensdag 30 mei 2007 06:11 schreef aloa het volgende:
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Tropische depressie 2-E (Barbara)
Op 28 mei ontwikkelde zich een lagedrukgebied boven het zuidwesten van de Golf van Tehuantepec. Aanvankelijk dreef het lagedrukgebied noordwaarts en onder gunstige omstandigheden; het warme zeewater van 30C en divergerende luchtstromingen op grote hoogte, ontwikkelde het lagedrukgebied zich op 29 mei tot tropische depressie 2-E op ongeveer 380km ten zuid-zuidoosten van Acapulco de Juarez.
Die kan weleens voor flink wat overlast gaan zorgen
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GVD Wat moet jij een trotse vader zijn :)
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GVD Wat moet jij een trotse vader zijn :)
:P
Tropical Storm Barbara Forms: An Unusually Active Start to the Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season
Forming just days after the first storm of the season, newly developed tropical storm Barbara is looming over warm ocean waters off Mexico's Pacific coast. Only twice before - in 1956 and 1984 - have there been two eastern Pacific named storms in the month of May. At 11:00 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC) on Wed., May 30, Barbara was located near 14.2 degrees north latitude and 97.3 degrees west longitude, or about 125 miles south-southwest of Puerto Angel, Mexico. Storm movement was nearly stationary, with maximum sustained winds near 35 knots (40 mph), and gusts to 45 knots (52 mph). Minimum central air pressure was estimated at 1006 millibars.
Satellite imagery shows Barbara has become a bit stronger and better organized. An upper-level trough (broad, extended area of low pressure) is developing over Mexico and the western Gulf of Mexico, while an upper-level ridge (broad, extended area of high pressure) is in place over the Pacific, west of the trough. Forecasters expect these conditions to force Barbara on a southward drift away from Mexican coastline for the next day or two. After that, the storm track becomes highly uncertain, although a continued westward path is most likely.
Atmospheric conditions remain generally favorable for additional strengthening and some forecast models bring the storm to hurricane strength by Fri., Jun. 1, as it travels over very warm ocean waters.
This visible satellite image of tropical storm Barbara was taken at 10:45 a.m. EDT (1445 UTC) on Wed., May 30, from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES). The deepest clouds (bumpy white) are likely associated with thunderstorms, clustered near the storm center and west of its main circulation. Image credit: NOAA. Storm summary: Mike Bettwy, RSIS/Goddard Space Flight Center
Forming just days after the first storm of the season, newly developed tropical storm Barbara is looming over warm ocean waters off Mexico's Pacific coast. Only twice before - in 1956 and 1984 - have there been two eastern Pacific named storms in the month of May. At 11:00 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC) on Wed., May 30, Barbara was located near 14.2 degrees north latitude and 97.3 degrees west longitude, or about 125 miles south-southwest of Puerto Angel, Mexico. Storm movement was nearly stationary, with maximum sustained winds near 35 knots (40 mph), and gusts to 45 knots (52 mph). Minimum central air pressure was estimated at 1006 millibars.
Satellite imagery shows Barbara has become a bit stronger and better organized. An upper-level trough (broad, extended area of low pressure) is developing over Mexico and the western Gulf of Mexico, while an upper-level ridge (broad, extended area of high pressure) is in place over the Pacific, west of the trough. Forecasters expect these conditions to force Barbara on a southward drift away from Mexican coastline for the next day or two. After that, the storm track becomes highly uncertain, although a continued westward path is most likely.
Atmospheric conditions remain generally favorable for additional strengthening and some forecast models bring the storm to hurricane strength by Fri., Jun. 1, as it travels over very warm ocean waters.
This visible satellite image of tropical storm Barbara was taken at 10:45 a.m. EDT (1445 UTC) on Wed., May 30, from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES). The deepest clouds (bumpy white) are likely associated with thunderstorms, clustered near the storm center and west of its main circulation. Image credit: NOAA. Storm summary: Mike Bettwy, RSIS/Goddard Space Flight Center
Global warming: Tropical storms revealed as new factor in heat mix
Bron : Yahoo.news
Wed May 30, 1:40 PM ET
PARIS (AFP) - Hurricanes and typhoons play a significant role in distributing the ocean's heat, say US researchers, who believe they have uncovered a major, but hitherto-ignored aspect of global warming.
Driven by mighty circular winds, cyclones in the western Atlantic, western Pacific and Indian Ocean have long been known to whip up the sea and leave its local surface areas cooler than before.
In a paper appearing on Thursday in Nature, the weekly British science journal, Matthew Huber and Ryan Sriver of Purdue University in Indiana make the first stab at calculating how and where this displaced heat, driven from the surface by the cyclone, ends up.
Their computer model factors in surface sea temperatures before and after a storm's passage, as well as ocean depth and currents.
They found that a cyclone acts rather like the spinning steel blades of a food mixer as it is lowered into a bowl of batter.
The whirling winds so churn the sea that the surface heat is distributed down vertically, towards the depths of the local ocean area, but also circulating it towards the poles.
As much as a seventh of heat transported by the oceans could be linked to cyclones, the paper says.
The finding is important, because future climate change depends to a very high degree on the oceans, which cover two-thirds of the planet's surface and soak up massive amounts of heat from the atmosphere.
The role of cyclones has been overlooked until now, Huber and Sriver believe, because computer models of the world's climate systems only factor in sustained winds that last longer than five days, which would leave out most storms.
Further investigation into cyclone mixing is needed, they say.
If cyclones become more frequent as a result of higher sea temperatures, this in turn will step up the distribution of warm waters to higher latitudes, they warn.
That, in turn, would have plenty of potential for knock-on effects to the climate system.
"Cyclone-induced mixing is a fundamental physical mechanism that may act to stabilise tropical temperatures, mix the upper ocean and cause polar amplification of climate change," the researchers say.
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Bron : Yahoo.news
Wed May 30, 1:40 PM ET
PARIS (AFP) - Hurricanes and typhoons play a significant role in distributing the ocean's heat, say US researchers, who believe they have uncovered a major, but hitherto-ignored aspect of global warming.
Driven by mighty circular winds, cyclones in the western Atlantic, western Pacific and Indian Ocean have long been known to whip up the sea and leave its local surface areas cooler than before.
In a paper appearing on Thursday in Nature, the weekly British science journal, Matthew Huber and Ryan Sriver of Purdue University in Indiana make the first stab at calculating how and where this displaced heat, driven from the surface by the cyclone, ends up.
Their computer model factors in surface sea temperatures before and after a storm's passage, as well as ocean depth and currents.
They found that a cyclone acts rather like the spinning steel blades of a food mixer as it is lowered into a bowl of batter.
The whirling winds so churn the sea that the surface heat is distributed down vertically, towards the depths of the local ocean area, but also circulating it towards the poles.
As much as a seventh of heat transported by the oceans could be linked to cyclones, the paper says.
The finding is important, because future climate change depends to a very high degree on the oceans, which cover two-thirds of the planet's surface and soak up massive amounts of heat from the atmosphere.
The role of cyclones has been overlooked until now, Huber and Sriver believe, because computer models of the world's climate systems only factor in sustained winds that last longer than five days, which would leave out most storms.
Further investigation into cyclone mixing is needed, they say.
If cyclones become more frequent as a result of higher sea temperatures, this in turn will step up the distribution of warm waters to higher latitudes, they warn.
That, in turn, would have plenty of potential for knock-on effects to the climate system.
"Cyclone-induced mixing is a fundamental physical mechanism that may act to stabilise tropical temperatures, mix the upper ocean and cause polar amplification of climate change," the researchers say.
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Tropical Storm Barbara formed Wednesday off the southwestern coast of Mexico and could strengthen to a hurricane over the next several days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
The storm was 118 miles south-southwest of the fishing village of Puerto Angel in southern Oaxaca state and nearly stationary with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph.
It was unclear whether Barbara would turn toward land or head out to open sea after strengthening, but people living along the western coasts of Mexico and Guatemala should monitor the storm in any case, the hurricane center said.
Barbara follows Alvin, the first tropical storm of the eastern Pacific's 2007 season. It formed Monday but was downgraded Tuesday to a tropical depression as it headed away from land. Two eastern Pacific storms in May is unprecedented — the hurricane center has named only two May storms in the past, in 1984 and 1956. (FOX)
The storm was 118 miles south-southwest of the fishing village of Puerto Angel in southern Oaxaca state and nearly stationary with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph.
It was unclear whether Barbara would turn toward land or head out to open sea after strengthening, but people living along the western coasts of Mexico and Guatemala should monitor the storm in any case, the hurricane center said.
Barbara follows Alvin, the first tropical storm of the eastern Pacific's 2007 season. It formed Monday but was downgraded Tuesday to a tropical depression as it headed away from land. Two eastern Pacific storms in May is unprecedented — the hurricane center has named only two May storms in the past, in 1984 and 1956. (FOX)
Interessante theorie, en klinkt op zich best redelijk. Ik geloof alleen nog niet zo heel erg in modellen zolang ze nog geen flauw idee hebben van de mechanismes achter een orkaan. Zeker die 1/7de lijkt me ook onwaarschijnlijk veel, zeker als het (zoals gesuggereerd) vanaf de tropen helemaal naar de polen moet komen.quote:Op donderdag 31 mei 2007 11:36 schreef Drugshond het volgende:
Global warming: Tropical storms revealed as new factor in heat mix
Ongeveer 5,5 km/uurquote:Op donderdag 31 mei 2007 10:40 schreef Drugshond het volgende:
Er zit in iedergeval niet veel beweging in.
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Dat gaat inderdaad niet snel
Hurricane Forecast for 2007: 17 Major Storms, 9 Hurricanes, 5 of Them Intense (Foxnews)
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — With the official start of the 2007 hurricane season only hours away, the bad news is that researchers backed up their prediction Thursday that nine hurricanes will form in Atlantic this season, and that five of them could be major.
The good news?
There's only a 50-50 chance that one will hit the east or gulf coasts.
That's the morning line according to researcher William Gray, who released his newest forecast showing an expectation for 17 named storms and nine hurricanes, five of them intense.
The hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30.
Gray, based at Colorado State University, described it as a very active season. He said there was a 74 percent chance of a major hurricane making landfall somewhere on the U.S. coast.
There is a 50 percent chance of a major hurricane making landfall on the East Coast, including the Florida Peninsula, according to the new forecast; the long-term average is 31 percent.
The chance of a major hurricane hitting the Gulf Coast between the Florida Panhandle and Brownsville, Texas, is 49 percent; the long-term average is 30 percent. There is also an above-average chance of a major hurricane making landfall in the Caribbean, according to the forecast.
Thursday's forecast was largely unchanged from Gray's last forecast, released in early April.
"We expect an above-average hurricane season," said Phil Klotzbach, a member of Gray's team and lead author of the forecast.
The Atlantic hurricane season averages 9.6 named storms, 5.9 hurricanes and 2.3 intense hurricanes per year.
There were 10 named Atlantic storms last year and five hurricanes, two of them major. None of the hurricanes hit the U.S. Atlantic coast.
The devastating 2005 season set a record with 28 named storms, 15 of them hurricanes. Four hurricanes hit the U.S. coast, the worst among them , which devastated parts of the Gulf Coast.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — With the official start of the 2007 hurricane season only hours away, the bad news is that researchers backed up their prediction Thursday that nine hurricanes will form in Atlantic this season, and that five of them could be major.
The good news?
There's only a 50-50 chance that one will hit the east or gulf coasts.
That's the morning line according to researcher William Gray, who released his newest forecast showing an expectation for 17 named storms and nine hurricanes, five of them intense.
The hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30.
Gray, based at Colorado State University, described it as a very active season. He said there was a 74 percent chance of a major hurricane making landfall somewhere on the U.S. coast.
There is a 50 percent chance of a major hurricane making landfall on the East Coast, including the Florida Peninsula, according to the new forecast; the long-term average is 31 percent.
The chance of a major hurricane hitting the Gulf Coast between the Florida Panhandle and Brownsville, Texas, is 49 percent; the long-term average is 30 percent. There is also an above-average chance of a major hurricane making landfall in the Caribbean, according to the forecast.
Thursday's forecast was largely unchanged from Gray's last forecast, released in early April.
"We expect an above-average hurricane season," said Phil Klotzbach, a member of Gray's team and lead author of the forecast.
The Atlantic hurricane season averages 9.6 named storms, 5.9 hurricanes and 2.3 intense hurricanes per year.
There were 10 named Atlantic storms last year and five hurricanes, two of them major. None of the hurricanes hit the U.S. Atlantic coast.
The devastating 2005 season set a record with 28 named storms, 15 of them hurricanes. Four hurricanes hit the U.S. coast, the worst among them , which devastated parts of the Gulf Coast.
Tropical Storm Barbara
Tropical Storm Barbara, the second named storm of the 2007 Pacific hurricane season, was swirling off the coast of Mexico on May 29, 2007, when it was observed by NASA’s QuikSCAT satellite at 5:25 p.m. local time (00:25 UTC on May 30, 2007). According to Mexico’s National Meteorological Service (Spanish language site), Barbara had sustained winds that peaked around 100 kilometers/hour (55 mph) on May 29, but had eased off since then. The U.S. National Hurricane Center predicted (as of May 31) that the storm most likely would not become a hurricane, but could bring heavy rain to the Mexican and Guatemalan Pacific coastal regions.
This data visualization of QuikSCAT’s observations shows Tropical Storm Barbara and its spiral pattern of winds. The image depicts wind speed in color and wind direction with small barbs. White barbs point to areas of heavy rain. The storm does not have a clear, rain-free center or a tight spiral shape as would be expected of a larger and more powerful storm.
QuikSCAT employs a scatterometer, which sends pulses of microwave energy through the atmosphere to the ocean surface, and measures the energy that bounces back from the wind-roughened surface. The energy of the microwave pulses changes depending on wind speed and direction, giving scientists a way to monitor wind around the world. This technique does not work over land, but allows measurements in storms over oceans.
The Pacific hurricane season begins on May 15 each year, and in 2007, the season had already registered two named storms by the end of the month, Alvin and Barbara. The U.S. National Hurricane Center has only twice before recorded more than one named storm in the Pacific in May (in 1984 and 1956). Hurricane forecasters have been predicting a busy season for hurricanes in both the Pacific and Atlantic basins in 2007, and the early surge of storms is consistent with this forecast.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA FROM BONITA BEACH NORTHWARD TO KEATON
BEACH...AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM NORTH OF
KEATON BEACH TO ST. MARKS.
FOR THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA FROM BONITA BEACH NORTHWARD TO KEATON
BEACH...AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM NORTH OF
KEATON BEACH TO ST. MARKS.
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welk systeem zorgt hiervoor, kan zo snel even niets vindenquote:Op vrijdag 1 juni 2007 22:41 schreef highway101 het volgende:
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA FROM BONITA BEACH NORTHWARD TO KEATON
BEACH...AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM NORTH OF
KEATON BEACH TO ST. MARKS.
[b]Op maandag 6 september 2010 00:28 schreef tong80 het volgende:[/b]
GVD Wat moet jij een trotse vader zijn :)
:P
GVD Wat moet jij een trotse vader zijn :)
:P
Wat een welopgevoede jongen! Netjes jezelf op 1 juni aanmelden, en nog keurig midden op de dag. Goed hoor.
Wel grappig dat de eerste twee stormen van het jaar op plekken lijken te ontstaan die volgens de NASA nog niet of nauwelijks warm genoeg zijn. En als ik zie hoe Barry aan het doorscheuren is, zal het met de shear toch ook niet meevallen.
Wel grappig dat de eerste twee stormen van het jaar op plekken lijken te ontstaan die volgens de NASA nog niet of nauwelijks warm genoeg zijn. En als ik zie hoe Barry aan het doorscheuren is, zal het met de shear toch ook niet meevallen.
Florida is er in elk geval 'blij' mee... ivm de aanhoudende droogte..
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Tropical Storm Barry Targets Northern Florida (fox)
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Barry brought heavy rain to a parched Florida early Saturday, along with strong winds and heavy surf along the state's Gulf coast.
Rain was falling throughout the state, where droughts conditions have left Lake Okeechobee at its lowest recorded level and allowed an isolated brush fire on the Georgia-Florida border to burn for weeks. The storm was expected to drop 3 to 6 inches of rain on parts of the state Saturday. Isolated areas could get up to 10 inches of rain.
"It'll help a little bit, but everyone is so far below rainfall that we're still going to be under drought conditions," said Kim Brabander, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. "To really alleviate the drought conditions we're going to need anywhere from 30 to 40 inches of rain."
Click Here for the Latest Information From the National Hurricane Center
At 8 a.m. EDT, Barry was centered in the Gulf of Mexico about 85 miles southwest of Tampa. It had sustained winds of about 50 mph near the center with higher gusts and was moving north-northeast at about 20 mph. Wind gusts of up to 47 mph were reported on the state's southern and eastern coasts Saturday morning.
The storm was not expected to strengthen into a hurricane, said Dave Roberts, a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center.
A tropical storm warning was issued from Bonita Beach on Florida's southwest coast northward to Keaton Beach, near the state's Big Bend area, as Barry was expected to make landfall on the Peninsula's central or northern Gulf coast by Saturday evening. A tropical storm watch was issued for the area between Keaton Beach west to St. Marks, south of Tallahassee.
The National Weather Service also issued a tornado watch for 26 Florida counties as Barry inched closer.
The storm's winds were forecast to weaken as it moves north, but Barry was expected to bring rain across the Atlantic seaboard, reaching North Carolina by late Sunday and New England by late Monday.
The storm developed Friday, the first official day of a hurricane season that forecasters have said they expect to be busier than normal. The National Weather Service said it expects 13 to 17 tropical storms, with seven to 10 becoming hurricanes and three to five in the strong category.
"There is no correlation at all between activity in the early part of the season and later parts," said Lixion Avila, a hurricane specialist at the center.
The hurricane center said Barry threatened to bring dangerous battering waves, coastal flooding up to 5 feet. Tropical storm force winds extended outward up to 90 miles, forecasters said.
Barry formed more than three weeks after the first named storm of the year — Subtropical Storm Andrea — developed off Florida's eastern coast. Andrea skirted the southern Atlantic coast but caused minimal damage.
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Tropical Storm Barry Targets Northern Florida (fox)
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Barry brought heavy rain to a parched Florida early Saturday, along with strong winds and heavy surf along the state's Gulf coast.
Rain was falling throughout the state, where droughts conditions have left Lake Okeechobee at its lowest recorded level and allowed an isolated brush fire on the Georgia-Florida border to burn for weeks. The storm was expected to drop 3 to 6 inches of rain on parts of the state Saturday. Isolated areas could get up to 10 inches of rain.
"It'll help a little bit, but everyone is so far below rainfall that we're still going to be under drought conditions," said Kim Brabander, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. "To really alleviate the drought conditions we're going to need anywhere from 30 to 40 inches of rain."
Click Here for the Latest Information From the National Hurricane Center
At 8 a.m. EDT, Barry was centered in the Gulf of Mexico about 85 miles southwest of Tampa. It had sustained winds of about 50 mph near the center with higher gusts and was moving north-northeast at about 20 mph. Wind gusts of up to 47 mph were reported on the state's southern and eastern coasts Saturday morning.
The storm was not expected to strengthen into a hurricane, said Dave Roberts, a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center.
A tropical storm warning was issued from Bonita Beach on Florida's southwest coast northward to Keaton Beach, near the state's Big Bend area, as Barry was expected to make landfall on the Peninsula's central or northern Gulf coast by Saturday evening. A tropical storm watch was issued for the area between Keaton Beach west to St. Marks, south of Tallahassee.
The National Weather Service also issued a tornado watch for 26 Florida counties as Barry inched closer.
The storm's winds were forecast to weaken as it moves north, but Barry was expected to bring rain across the Atlantic seaboard, reaching North Carolina by late Sunday and New England by late Monday.
The storm developed Friday, the first official day of a hurricane season that forecasters have said they expect to be busier than normal. The National Weather Service said it expects 13 to 17 tropical storms, with seven to 10 becoming hurricanes and three to five in the strong category.
"There is no correlation at all between activity in the early part of the season and later parts," said Lixion Avila, a hurricane specialist at the center.
The hurricane center said Barry threatened to bring dangerous battering waves, coastal flooding up to 5 feet. Tropical storm force winds extended outward up to 90 miles, forecasters said.
Barry formed more than three weeks after the first named storm of the year — Subtropical Storm Andrea — developed off Florida's eastern coast. Andrea skirted the southern Atlantic coast but caused minimal damage.
...BARRY WEAKENED AS IT MOVED INLAND ACROSS TAMPA BAY...
AT 11 AM EDT...1500 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND THE
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR FLORIDA HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
AT 11 AM EDT...1500 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND THE
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR FLORIDA HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
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Ah, dat ligt dus niet aan mijn pcquote:Op zondag 3 juni 2007 09:26 schreef Drugshond het volgende:
Leuk al die stormpjes, alleen de laadtijd om dit topic te bekijken is iets minder.
Wel balen inderdaad
Dat vroeg ik me vannacht ook al af inderdaad...quote:Op zondag 3 juni 2007 12:11 schreef highway101 het volgende:
Oman wordt volgens mij niet al te vaak getroffen door orkanen...
