Guest cfif Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Figured this would be good for all you weather folks here....discuss the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season here, post screencaps of hurricane coverage, etc. I'm also curious about what your local stations are doing for hurricane season. Naturally, in hurricane alley down here all the stations had specials.....the stations are also heavily promoting their "supremacy" in covering hurricanes, as I'm sure others along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts are doing. We have a tropical storm already, Arthur. For reference, here's the list of names: • Arthur • Bertha • Cristobal • Dolly • Edouard • Fay (active) • Gustav • Hanna • Ike • Josephine • Kyle • Laura • Marco • Nana • Omar • Paloma • Rene • Sally • Teddy • Vicky • Wilfred I'll sticky this. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightynine 290 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 WWL-TV channel 4 has their Eye on Hurricanes special Monday night at 7pm. Could also be a chance to see a peek at their new graphics. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-34602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElliotJones 52 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 ? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-34607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ib-td 1 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 ? watch out for those arthurs Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-34619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 596 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 We're overdue. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-34636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ib-td 1 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 please you sound like Denis. Even if a storm "threatened" you have about a week to give a crap. unless they form in the Gulf, about 200 miles away, then you're toast. Other than that... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-34644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhratbrat 437 Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 Well In Houston the big news down here for Hurricane Season 2008 is the 25th anniversary of Hurricane Alicia. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-35131 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVY 10 Fan 233 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Figured this would be good for all you weather folks here....discuss the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season here, post screencaps of hurricane coverage, etc. I'm also curious about what your local stations are doing for hurricane season. Naturally, in hurricane alley down here all the stations had specials.....the stations are also heavily promoting their "supremacy" in covering hurricanes, as I'm sure others along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts are doing. We have a tropical storm already, Arthur. For reference, here's the list of names: • Arthur (active) • Bertha • Cristobal • Dolly • Edouard • Fay • Gustav • Hanna • Ike • Josephine • Kyle • Laura • Marco • Nana • Omar • Paloma • Rene • Sally • Teddy • Vicky • Wilfred I'll sticky this. Bit of a Hispanic flavor in the name choices. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-35351 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 596 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Bit of a Hispanic flavor in the name choices. I am still waiting for Hurricane Shaniqua and Hurricane Antwan. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-35352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
first on fox 18 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 So is Arthur still active or is Fiffers not doing his job? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-35356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ib-td 1 Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 I am still waiting for Hurricane Shaniqua and Hurricane Antwan. roflmao Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-36529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ib-td 1 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 TS Bertha has formed in the Atlantic. Looks like it won't amount to much. you know damn well---Denis is smoking right now, Linda is vibrating, Dellegato is running around with hid head cut-off, Jerve is sleeping, and TSP is wondering who is going to cover the 24 hour schedule if the storm were to come here all that and the storm is a week away, if at all Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-36592 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMA 135 Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 It looks like it could affect the Maritimes, New England, or less likely, the Northeast. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-36752 Share on other sites More sharing options...
storm5guy 0 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I'm not a weather expert but it would likely be extratropical by then right? I'll stop being a lurker and actually contribute something. It's hard to tell if it will be extratropical or not. It just depends on the kind of system it decides to be. Its track is defined by the Bermuda High to the North East and a "trough" coming off the US. The trough should sweep the storm to the North Atlantic. When that trough hits the storm will determine how fast it curves to the North. If it stalls for a little bit, Bertha will continue more toward the North West. Is that too much? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-36801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXmanTim 88 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Bertha will be considered a tropical system throughout its life-cycle. The defining characteristics of a Tropical or Extra-tropical system is where, and when, it developed. Generally, any low pressure system that forms over the warm-water Atlantic basin (including the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and parts of the North Atlantic between June and December) is considered tropical. Despite its eventual path, the system will retain its tropical designation. During the record-breaking 2005 hurricane season, Hurricane Vince made it to just west of Portugal (!) before beginning to die and making landfall as a minimal tropical storm (!!). While a tropical system can be formed from continental 'cold-core' lows that move off the coast into warmer waters, upper-level dynamics during hurricane season usually prevent this from occurring (summertime upper-level dynamics generally keep cold-core systems from reaching any further south than the upper-midwest, though there are exceptions). During late fall and winter, however, cut-off cold-core (continental) lows can take on tropical characteristics if they form in the right areas (generally along coastal waters of the Carolinas which are still warm due to the presence of the Gulf Stream and remaining heat from the summer). Because they are still considered "cold-core" they are not designated as "tropical storms" but as the aforementioned "extra-tropical" system. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-36804 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueflag 0 Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 True; however tropical cyclones can indeed take on cold-core characteristics once they move far enough north to interact with those upper-level winds. http://ams.confex.com/ams/27Hurricanes/techprogram/paper_108574.htm The position and wind forecasts at the bottom of the forecast discussion for a particular storm will say 'extratropical' if it's forecast to make the transition. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-36874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueflag 0 Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I'm going to be a dork and follow up my own reply for the sake of illustration: 000 WTNT42 KNHC 170837 TCDAT2 TROPICAL STORM BERTHA DISCUSSION NUMBER 57 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022008 500 AM EDT THU JUL 17 2008 NORTHWESTERLY SHEAR APPEARS TO BE TAKING ITS TOLL ON BERTHA AS THE REMAINING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS LIMITED TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER. THE LATEST DVORAK INTENSITY ESTIMATES ARE 45 KT AND A RECENT ASCAT PASS SUGGESTS THAT BERTHA'S WINDS HAVE INDEED DECREASED. THE INITIAL INTENSITY IS LOWERED TO PERHAPS A GENEROUS 50 KT. ALTHOUGH BERTHA IS FORECAST TO MOVE OVER SLIGHTLY WARMER WATERS TODAY...CONTINUED SHEAR SHOULD MEAN LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY. IN FACT...NO CHANGE IN INTENSITY IS PREDICTED THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD AND THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE LATEST SHIPS AND LGEM GUIDANCE. BERTHA IS STILL MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD WITH AN INITIAL MOTION ESTIMATE OF 140/9. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATES THAT THE UPPER-LEVEL LOW IS BEGINNING TO MOVE NORTHWARD AND BERTHA SHOULD TURN EASTWARD AROUND THE SOUTHWESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE LOW DURING THE NEXT 6-12 HOURS. THEREAFTER....BERTHA SHOULD GRADUALLY ACCELERATE NORTHEASTWARD. THE NEW FORECAST IS ADJUSTED A LITTLE SOUTH OF THE PREVIOUS TRACK DURING THE FIRST 24 HOURS...OTHERWISE IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS ADVISORY. BERTHA SHOULD BECOME EXTRATROPICAL IN 3-4 DAYS AND COULD GET ABSORBED BY A LARGER EXTRATROPICAL LOW IN ABOUT 5 DAYS. FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INITIAL 17/0900Z 34.5N 59.2W 50 KT 12HR VT 17/1800Z 34.0N 58.0W 45 KT 24HR VT 18/0600Z 34.5N 55.7W 45 KT 36HR VT 18/1800Z 36.3N 53.2W 45 KT 48HR VT 19/0600Z 38.4N 50.2W 45 KT 72HR VT 20/0600Z 43.1N 44.3W 45 KT...BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL 96HR VT 21/0600Z 49.0N 37.0W 45 KT...EXTRATROPICAL 120HR VT 22/0600Z 56.0N 27.5W 45 KT...EXTRATROPICAL $$ FORECASTER BROWN Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-37532 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 596 Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Cristobal is nothing to worry about... just some nasty wind and rain. It's just ruining some vacations for people for a couple days. Monday and Tuesday look great. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-37761 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWSBfan 0 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 At least they're not heading for Florida! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-37801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColumbusNewsFan 217 Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I really hopes it curves away from you, Chris Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-39346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ib-td 1 Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Fay has formed....and it's heading towards me. I knew it!!!! It's all your fault!!!! lol hopefully if it should come toward us, it is not another Charlie!!! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-39347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonmediaguy 123 Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 According to Hype-uWeather I should stock-up on plywood and canned goods! http://www.accuweather.com/mt-news-blogs.asp?partner=accuweather&blog=Meteomadness&pgurl=/mtweb/content/Meteomadness/archives/2008/08/east_coast_big_daddy_hurricane_possible_next_week.asp The GFS takes the storm into the Southeast around Charleston late in the week. The DGEX takes the storm off the coast, but slams eastern New England Friday. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-39348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1916 Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 According to Hype-uWeather I should stock-up on plywood and canned goods! lol, these 7 computer models say otherwise: Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-39350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProButtonPusher 230 Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 yeah, i have several tracks pointed in my direction...hopefully i get some nice overtime out of it.. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-39352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1916 Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 I wonder what the Florida NBC stations are going to do, with the Olympics going on... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3812-hurricane-season-2008/#findComment-39353 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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