Late season Hurricane Kenneth forms in the eastern Pacific
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The hurricane season in the eastern Pacific isn’t over and Hurricane Kenneth serves as a reminder that the season ends November 30. NASA satellite imagery shows Kenneth more organized than it appeared on Sunday, Nov. 20 and became a late season hurricane earlier today.
Kenneth began as the thirteenth tropical depression and that formed on Saturday, November 19, about 480 miles south of Acapulco, Mexico. On Sunday, November 29 at 0300 UTC (11 p.m. EST, Nov. 19) the National Hurricane Center noted that the center of Tropical Depression 13E was further north than previously estimated and it had intensified into Tropical Storm Kenneth. Kenneth is noteworthy because it is a named storm that is one of the latest forming in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in 28 years.
By 10 a.m. EST on Nov. 21, Kenneth strengthened into a hurricane. Kenneth’s maximum sustained winds were near 80 mph (130 kmh) and further strengthening is expected. Kenneth was centered about 705 miles (1135 km) south of the southern tip of Baja California, near 12.7 North and 109.6 west. It was moving to the west-northwest near 14 mph (22 kmh) and had a minimum central pressure of 989 millibars. Kenneth is forecast to turn to the west and slow down.
When the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite called “TRMM” passed over Kenneth on Nov. 21 at 15:00 UTC (10:00 a.m. EST) the instruments aboard gathered data that provided a rainfall analysis. The TRMM satellite is co-managed by NASA and JAXA, and the data was created into an image at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The image showed a ragged eye was forming.
The data from TRMM’s Microwave Imager (TMI) and Precipitation Radar (PR) showed heavy rainfall was occurring around Kenneth’s center. Some of the heaviest rainfall was falling at a rate of over 2 inches (50 mm) per hour. The TRMM image also revealed a well-defined band of thunderstorms wrapping in the center of circulation as Kenneth continues to strengthen.
IMAGE: This radar image of Hurricane Kenneth’s rainfall was captured by the TRMM satellite on Nov. 21, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. EDT. The red areas indicate heavy rainfall of 2 inches…
Wind shear is expected to be light in Kenneth’s path, and although the waters will cool somewhat, Kenneth may still become a major hurricane.
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I blame global warming.
Typo: On Sunday, November 29
“Kenneth is noteworthy because it is a named storm that is one of the latest forming in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in 28 years.”
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28 years! What more proof do you need of Global Climate Cooling Change Acidification Warming?
We’re doomed!!!
OT:
Has anyone considered that late 20th century warming of 0.7C could have been caused installation of SO2 scrubbers causing the removal of an unrecognised anthropogenic crelative boling?
I mean, is that possible? Anyone have any numbers?
It looks so tiny compared to storm over Seattle.
Hmmn, the Sinaloa secret left points might be firing if the hurricane doesn’t bring too much wind to the shoreline.
Kenneth is noteworthy because it is a named storm that is one of the latest forming in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in 28 years.>>>
OK, so how does this work again?
That means that it is warmer now than it has been in the last 28 years?
Or does this mean that it is now almost as warm as it was 28 years ago?
What’s the frequency, Kenneth?
Sorry…had to be done.
I’m embarrassed to admit that I don’t know what a crelative boling actually is…
I wonder if anyone has actually looked at the effect of scrubbing SO2 from chimney emissions for the last forty or so years? It has certainly reduced the acid rain over Scandinavia and Europe, but I read somewhere that it had also changed the reflectivity of cloud cover. So instead of reflecting solar energy, I think it was said to be actually absorbing more.
Seems to me that meddling on the peripheries has unintended consequences somewhere else – and as I sit shivering in Europe, I don’t think we’re getting warmer …
Coincides perfectly with the recent record manmade CO2 emissions – the climate is angry!
http://files.sinwt.ru/download.php?file=25FOIA2011.zip
I can almost imagine a Hollywood producer making a grade B disaster movie predicated on an unusual shift in offshore currents allowing a category four Pacific hurricane to make landfall at Los Angeles. It might include dramatic scenes of his main competitor’s studio lot being engulfed by the massive storm surge.
Sea Surface Temperatures in the Eastern Pacific are average to below average due to the raging La Nina. Tropical Cyclone Ocean Heat content is below normal. Kenneth has nothing to do with climate change, but instead with the ongoing La Nina.
Evidence of SST and Ocean Heat Content is here: http://policlimate.com/weather/sst.html
And, a flavor image:
La Nina is a powerful force of global cooling…
La Nina’s power again? Better brace ourselves!
http://files.sinwt.ru/download.php?file=25FOIA2011.zip
moderator can you acknowledge if you get the file ok, thanks
I think, Ryan, that that will escape the notice of the main stream media and the warmists, as every little anomaly or apparent weather abnormality brings them shrieking “Global Warming” or “Man-Made Climate Change”, without reference to the science and the facts. That trend has gone on for far too long to change quickly.
my name is kenneth and my wife says I am full of wind
Sorry for OT comment, this may be important:
http://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/breaking-news-foia-2011-has-arrived/
foia says:
November 22, 2011 at 1:02 am
http://files.sinwt.ru/download.php?file=25FOIA2011.zip
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Thats a 173 MB file, could you give a hint as to what it contains.
Backing up Tallbloke
Another kind of hurricane appeared at CA on the Anderson Cooper thread. The contents I’ve now looked at are pretty stunning, just like last time. The energy of this zip file once again feels clean as well as reports clean to checks for virus, malware etc.
Another miracle.
Tallbloke is right. Come on you American sleepy-heads – wake up and smell the roses! Another miracle has happened! Climategate 2 – “The sinking of Durban”
Rejoice!
. On Sunday, November 29 at 0300 UTC (11 p.m. EST, Nov. 19) the National Hurricane Center noted that the center of Tropical Depression 13E was further north…………..
Nov 19 =Nov 29 UTC? typo!
I’ve always wondered why these Pacific and Mexican hurricanes never hit San Diego or LA. Often they seem to be heading in that direction, but they never get that far north. What stops them?
Important!!!!
If it’s verified, it may be the biggest Climate story of the year!