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Posted on 09/07/2007 8:02:09 PM PDT by NautiNurse
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| Category | Wind Speed | Barometric Pressure | Storm Surge | Damage Potential |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Depression |
< 39 mph < 34 kts |
Minimal | ||
| Tropical Storm |
39 - 73 mph 34 - 63 kts |
Minimal | ||
| Hurricane 1 (Weak) |
74 - 95 mph 64 - 82 kts |
28.94" or more 980.02 mb or more |
4.0' - 5.0' 1.2 m - 1.5 m |
Minimal damage to vegetation |
| Hurricane 2 (Moderate) |
96 - 110 mph 83 - 95 kts |
28.50" - 28.93" 965.12 mb - 979.68 mb |
6.0' - 8.0' 1.8 m - 2.4 m |
Moderate damage to houses |
| Hurricane 3 (Strong) |
111 - 130 mph 96 - 112 kts |
27.91" - 28.49" 945.14 mb - 964.78 mb |
9.0' - 12.0' 2.7 m - 3.7 m |
Extensive damage to small buildings |
| Hurricane 4 (Very strong) |
131 - 155 mph 113 - 135 kts |
27.17" - 27.90" 920.08 mb - 944.80 mb |
13.0' - 18.0' 3.9 m - 5.5 m |
Extreme structural damage |
| Hurricane 5 (Devastating) |
Greater than 155 mph Greater than 135 kts |
Less than 27.17" Less than 920.08 mb |
Greater than 18.0' Greater than 5.5m |
Catastrophic building failures possible |
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Watching. (Just a little)
Some of the family will run down to the beach in the AM and pull the plastic furniture off the porch, put things away and do the general “make ready” stuff.
For us - looks like mild winds and some much needed rain.
Folks have been anxious for this one to develop into something since Felix made landfall. It’s been a long week for some.
I was reading that they named it by visable.
Well hopefully the disappointment will continue and it turns out to be just a rain maker.
Interesting read on subtropical storms herehttp://www.usatoday.com/weather/hurricane/2003-04-22-subtropical-storms_x.htm
“Sub Tropical Storm” warning?
Wasn’t this kind of thing formerly known as a tropical depression?
TANKS for the ping,NN...
yeah what the hell is a ‘sub tropical warning’? Wanna name something somewhereitis.
Subtropical systems have been assigned names since 2002. They are designated as a depression or storm based on maximum sustained winds as are tropical systems.
Nope. Different from a Tropical Depression. Actually has winds above Tropical Storm Strength, but a different structure from a purely tropical storm.
Now I feal stupid learning something from USA Today.
“Possibly the most puzzling feature of the hybrid storm, is its ability to constrict its core of fastest winds from an enormous scale — sometimes blowing over an area more than 600 miles wide — to a small diameter, say less than 100 miles wide. The wind speed often intensifies from gale force strength of 39 mph or more to, at times, 100 mph as the storm’s central pressure drops.
The pressure in a developing hybrid storm can sometimes fall at an alarming rate, reaching ten millibars (about 0.3 inches of mercury) or more per hour in extreme cases. More typically, the pressure fall is one to three millibars per hour (0.03 to 0.09 inches per hour), but a continuous fall at this rate can rapidly intensify even a meager storm into a monster in less than a day. This growth spurt is termed “explosive deepening” and usually lasts for 12 to 36 hours.”
Keep your head down anyway!
That's what I thought. Back in the good old days, this wouldn't have been named.
LOL! I thought the same thing.
Gabrielle was an ex-girlfriend of mine. Now I got a bad feeling about this storm.
So far looks a bit west of the track. Station SNSN7 is near Little River/Calabash. You can check that as the storm moves around.
Station OCPN7 is off to the east at Ocean Crest Pier.
I’ll keep an eye on them and Buoy 41024 as this thing moves by my neck of the woods.
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