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Originally posted by nixie_nox
So who in Delaware has bad karma?
You might ask yourself, aren’t hurricanes supposed to weaken as they head north?
Why are these pressures so low?
Or as the Weather Channel’s Bryan Norcross put it: “What the hell is going on?”
Norcross’ answer: “This is a beyond-strange situation. It’s unprecedented and bizarre.”
He then offers a hypothesis (which I agree with):
"The upper-air steering pattern that is part of the puzzle is not all that unheard of. It happens when the atmosphere gets blocked over the Atlantic and the flow over the U.S. doubles back on itself. Sometimes big winter storms are involved.
The freak part is that a hurricane happens to be in the right place in the world to get sucked into this doubled-back channel of air and pulled inland from the coast.
And the double-freak part is that the upper level wind, instead of weakening the storm and simply absorbing the moisture - which would be annoying enough - is merging with the tropical system to create a monstrous hybrid vortex. A combination of a hurricane and a nor’easter."
A simpler explanation: the clash of the cold blast from the continental U.S. and the massive surge of warm, moist air from Hurricane Sandy will cause the storm to explode and the pressure to crash.
These historic low pressure levels simulated by the model are equivalent to a category 3 or 4 hurricane, which have peak winds over 115 mph. But Sandy’s winds will not be that high, because as it transitions into this hybrid hurricane-nor’easter monster, its core will unwind. So its peak winds will diminish, but strong winds will be felt over a vast area.
Originally posted by VaterOrlaag
reply to post by smurfzilla
Oh, what about the folks that just happen to live in D.C but have nothing to do with politics?
Save this crap for some other juvenile-minded forum.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by nixie_nox
So who in Delaware has bad karma?
Yeah .. thanks for that. Gotta' be me.
Considering my 'special needs' due to diet and all .. I'm wondering about bugging out.
Maybe go South West to W. Virginia or something.
Shelter in place is better ... but I need power because I'm strictly limited on my diet.
Originally posted by nixie_nox
reply to post by Zippidee
And It is not the wind that does all the damage, it is the storm surge.
Originally posted by nixie_nox
reply to post by Zippidee
Whew! I was worried. I can relax now from your interpretation from a clip on a news segment! What was I thinking!
You do know the windspeeds are the maintained windspeeds, right? So it is not 80 mph gusts, it is a constant 80 mph wind.
And It is not the wind that does all the damage, it is the storm surge.
I am sure the 29 that are dead in the Caribbean are relieved at your interpretation too!edit on 26-10-2012 by nixie_nox because: (no reason given)