You say ee-gor, I say eye-gore, lets call the whole thing off.
Below, a look into the eye of hurricane Igor, right down to the ocean surface!
For some perspective, here’s the entire image, not just the eye:
Click image for full-size picture. Warning: 1.5 MB 4,096px × 4,096 pixels. Image from the Aqua satellite, Sept 13th, 1641Z
Here are some other views, not as large:
IR: http://ggweather.com/igor/igor_ir.jpg
Water vapor: http://ggweather.com/igor/igor_wv.jpg
Meanwhile, all the track models at http://moe.met.fsu.edu/~acevans/models/ point to Igor not making landfall on the CONUS:
h/t to Jan Null at Golden Gate Weather Service http://ggweather.com
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‘…Igor not making landfall…’ but it will hit Bermuda…
Will this give the Atlantic the blues like the Pacific?
Well now, there’s a bonanza for the off-shore wind turbines! Can’t wait to see the numbers as they harvest the energy from that!
(Are there environmental protection rules mandating the recovery of wind turbine debris to protect ocean habitat, going from wreckage on the surface all the way to the sea bed? Just wondering…)
If Hurricans are cooling the Atlantic, Igor dissipating ocean heat into the upper troposphere is a good thing, right?
The name is pronounced EE-gore; think of Igor Stravinsky. Eye-gore is a character in Young Frankenstein, the movie.
Dr. John M. Ware says:
September 14, 2010 at 2:18 am
The name is pronounced EE-gore; think of Igor Stravinsky. Eye-gore is a character in Young Frankenstein, the movie.
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“Walk this way….. No, THIS way!”
Weather is weather on the hurricane front – beautiful to watch though. From a distance.
kadaka (KD Knoebel) says:
September 14, 2010 at 1:46 am
Well now, there’s a bonanza for the off-shore wind turbines! Can’t wait to see the numbers as they harvest the energy from that!
According to the following excerpt from this ‘Offshore Wind’ article – August 27, 2010
“It’s not windy
The deals are being launched as it has become clear 2010 has been a bad year for UK wind speeds, perhaps the worse since 1821. Wind speeds clearly have a direct impact on energy MW yields from wind.
A recent report from wind consultancy Garrad Hassan said UK wind yields have dropped this year to perhaps a 1 in 15 year event due to stable high pressure. Energy levels from wind dropped 27.8% in the first quarter compared with the average and 18.3% in the second quarter – compared with a 5% drop in the last quarter of 2009 and a 15.7% increase in the third quarter of 2009. The North Atlantic Oscillation index has been measured since 1821 and this correlates with the Garrad Hassan wind index which itself been in existence for 15 years. The NAO index numbers for the 4 months from December 2009 to March 2010 were the most negative since 1821.
Unless something very odd is happening it is fair to assume wind yields will continue to vary quarter by quarter. ”
Excerpt from: PFI Offshore Transfers Deals To Banks To Keep Financings on Balance (UK))
http://www.offshorewind.biz/2010/08/27/pfi-offshore-transfers-deals-to-banks-to-keep-financings-on-balance-uk/
‘If Hurricans are cooling the Atlantic, Igor dissipating ocean heat into the upper troposphere is a good thing, right?’
Michael~ my rough understanding of hurricanes is that they are part of the heat-redistribution system of the atmosphere. While not being anywhere near sure without looking it up (or waiting for an answer from someone else here 😛 ), I’d say that Was a good thing, yes. Because that heat is now that much closer to being redistributed into space.
EE-Gore Eye Gore just so long as it isn’t…..
ah never mind.
Dr. John M. Ware says:
“The name is pronounced EE-gore . . . ”
Perhaps Anthony is suggesting ‘Eye-gore’ as in we’re all gonna ‘Die-gore.’ in honor of the master of gloom and doom regarding **eeeeeeek!!!!** – CLIMATE CHANGE.
eye/die . . . better fit ;p
Fronkenshteen . . . “elevate me”
Inga . . . . ” what . . . here?”
Mind you I am seriously glad I am not at sea in a 40′ yacht in the Atlantic right now.
What are the odds of Igor getting round as far as the UK?
Sandy says: “Will this give the Atlantic the blues like the Pacific?”
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Michael Schaefer says: “If Hurricans are cooling the Atlantic, Igor dissipating ocean heat into the upper troposphere is a good thing, right?”
It would take a lot for the tropical North Atlantic to drop into negative ranges, Sandy, so you shouldn’t expect the maps will be turning blue there.
The impacts of this year’s hurricanes on the SST anomalies for the entire tropical North Atlantic Ocean aren’t noticeable, Michael, though they do cool the ocean directly below the hurricane:
http://i55.tinypic.com/2lacx0n.jpg
She is a beauty. Look at the MASSIVE water vapour pulled into it!
kadaka (KD Knoebel) says:
September 14, 2010 at 1:46 am
(Are there environmental protection rules mandating the recovery of wind turbine debris to protect ocean habitat, going from wreckage on the surface all the way to the sea bed? Just wondering…)
Kadaka, you shouldn’t worry a bit about such matters like that, the government will handle it. And no, that would burden the economy but it seems that’s already fixed up real good in that one line fine print buried at the bottom of page 27524 of the health bill that indemnifies all wind power companies of any possible losses similar to that. But the majority speaker assures there is a very bright side that any damages to our environment whatsoever will be fully handled through funds supplied by supplimentary provisions through the premiums of your now much improved health insurance. /sarc/sarc/sarc/off
Now, does that not relieve your worry?
We could call it Al Gore – but then again …
Nature is incredible the geometry is amazing
Werner Weber says:
September 14, 2010 at 1:25 am
> ‘…Igor not making landfall…’ but it will hit Bermuda…
Better context: “… Igor not making landfall on the CONUS”
About that spaghetti graph, Bermuda is around 32.2N 65W – it’s on the graph, buried under all the forecast tracks.
… Igor not making landfall on the CONUS, but this is a bad week for a Bermuda vacation.
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Dr. John M. Ware says:
September 14, 2010 at 2:18 am
> The name is pronounced EE-gore; think of Igor Stravinsky. Eye-gore is a character in Young Frankenstein, the movie.
Yes, but consider that people may think of this Igor as a monster, not as a firebird.
A decade or so back I was looking to buy a home in Rhode Island (job offer…). The realtor said they occasionally got hurricanes, but none in many years.
Now we have E-gore headed on a swoop North and the prior set had some headed North…
Is there any tendency for more North East landing hurricanes in “cold phase” of ocean cycles? (PDO / AMO / ??) Will we be more likely in the next 30 years to have a NYC or Boston Cat 4 ?
Things in The Gulf seem a lot quieter than in prior years with a flat jet stream path… (and that implies fewer opportunities for an oil price spike on hurricane worries and THAT has implications for the oil Hurricane Trades… so less ‘long oil – sell on hurricane arrival; and more ‘short property insurers – cover on landfall’)
Isn’t it pronounced Al-Gore ?
” Keith Battye says:
September 14, 2010 at 3:51 am
What are the odds of Igor getting round as far as the UK?”
Small. Models suggest ridging or even blocking around Iceland, reinforced by upper air warmth advection by then extratropical Igor. Looks like the remnants of that system will die out over Labrador or Greenland.
Something I hadn’t noticed before and clearly evident in the full Aqua visible view are the the little intense mesocyclones on the periphery of the main swirl on the left side of the swirl. There are several, like little eyes. Mind you, small is relative – from the altitude of the shot, they’d seem pretty big if you were under them.
Newly posted Goes 15 Hurricane Igor 150 MPH
As a Louisianan, I have to say that this year’s hurricanes rock! They seem to be avoiding the Gulf like the plague, which is fine by me. Sorry, Bermuda :(.
Or maybe you would like the original gif animation; caution very big file!
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/100913_g15_igor_vis_anim.gif
“Curse your eyes!”
“Somebody already did.”
I always loved Hurricane Isabel’s eye from 2003, you can actually see a five point star in the multiple vortex, it really is amazing!
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/isabel_2003.html