Comments on: Near real-time imagery: Hannah, Ike, and Josephine

By: matt v.

matt v. — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:06:44 +0000

Anthony

One of the interesting observations that I noted recently was how much the three hurricanes during the past week raised the temperature of our Troposphere and the Stratosphere right up to 21km. During the period Aug 29, 2008 to Sept 5, 2008, the temperature at 1 km height went from 30.04 F to 30.58 , an increase of 0.54 F degrees in only six days . At 21 km the increase was 0.22 F degrees
SEE http://discover.itsc.uah.edu/amsutemps/amsutemps.html

REPLY: While impressive, this is not unusual. Hurricanes always transport heat from the lower to the upper levels of the atmosphere. It’s what they exist for.

By: Sam The Skeptic

Sam The Skeptic — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:13:08 +0000

[quote]Leon Brozyna (20:02:29) :

Everytime I see these images of hurricanes plowing across the planet’s surface, I am struck by the irony of how much destructive powers these fragile storms possess. If we’re lucky, winds that can’t be seen can shred these storms virtually overnight; if not so lucky, these storms can shred cities, towns, and beachfront vacation homes. [/quote]

And Hansen and Gore tell us that our paltry CO2 emissions make a difference?!
Sheeesh!

By: Brian D

Brian D — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:00:58 +0000

Hanna looks to be deepening a little as it races in to SC. Lots of rain for the east coast.

By: John Nicklin

John Nicklin — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:59:49 +0000

It looks like Josphine might be breaking up. It doesn’t look as organized as it did last night.

By: TonyB

TonyB — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:52:33 +0000

Looks like Hanna is being ripped apart by wind shear….. looks like all that stuff is heading across the Atlantic via the jet stream to little o’ England yet another damp soggy and cold weekend in prospect to match most of August.. I think we’d like a bit of global warming please :o(

By: Jeff Alberts

Jeff Alberts — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:41:27 +0000

Living in Washington State is wonderful!

By: Mike Bryant

Mike Bryant — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:09:55 +0000

The Weather Channel is showing three possible scenarios for Ike’s path.
1. It could continue straight to Florida.
2. It could turn up the eastern seaboard.
3. It could enter the gulf between Florida and Cuba.

I somehow think that, 4. None of the above, is just as likely as any of the other three.

By: Bern Bray

Bern Bray — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:58:06 +0000

I’ve never been so interested in hurricane tracks, until my daughter moved to Jacksonville FL. last year. Thanks Anthony.

I wish I had a way to merge all of the spaghetti track changes and predictions for Hanna. They have changed every few hours and sometimes been 180 degrees different from one change to another.

The policy line goes that they cannot predict the weather accurately, but they can certainly predict the long term climate. Well, show me proof! Anyone?

By: Mike Bryant

Mike Bryant — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:54:55 +0000

As Hanna moved toward the continental US, she took the time to trace a cowboy boot in her track. Funny, but the Weather Channel seems to want to cover that little boot with the banner at the bottom of the screen.
I wonder how many of the computer models predicted the boot-shaped loop?

By: Mike Bryant

Mike Bryant — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:12:29 +0000

Hmmm, right now it looks like these storms are petering out. Gustav also weakened before landfall, sparing NOLA from the expected damage.
I am glad that the monster storms that the “we can solve it” crowd are expecting, have not been evident.
Keeping my fingers crossed for the remainder of hurricane season,
Mike

By: Old Man Winter

Old Man Winter — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:27:05 +0000

Yes!! — it would be nice to see Haiti reforested. Much good would come from that.

By: Louis Hissink

Louis Hissink — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:20:24 +0000

Anthony

Great images – but compare them to sunspots and their trajectories. If it waddles, sounds and looks like a duck, then maybe it is a duck.

:-)

By: John Nicklin

John Nicklin — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:24:14 +0000

Simon,

Perhaps if the UN were to funnel the billions it spends on the IPCC into real humanitarian aid, the problem would be somewhat solved.

By: Leon Brozyna

Leon Brozyna — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:02:29 +0000

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:31:19 +0000

Ad Melkert, associate administrator of the U.N. Development Program who just returned from Haiti, has admonished international donors to do more.

“The poverty in the rain and mud of Haiti that I witnessed is nothing less than a disgrace,” he said. “Many actors or potential actors try to play their part, ranging from the national government to multilateral and bilateral donors and NGOS. They all need to do more and better.”

Some 250,000 people in the Gonaives region have no water and no food.

If Ike hits haiti the catastrophe will be unimaginably compounded.