Comments on: Major Hurricane Bertha

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:26:43 +0000

🙂

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:23:53 +0000

Well, it’s better than an OMG model that only works for cat 3 and above.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:10:07 +0000

i was thinking it was too appropriately named. i wince every time i read that one, cf your If one of these things does smack the US....

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:00:37 +0000

Give them a break, they’re weather geeks, not Lit majors.

It’s counter-intuitive, but a stronger storm is easier to move. Because the strength jumped, it is more affected by the weakening of the ridge of high pressure that has been providing guidance and will go North sooner than if it had remained a tropical storm.

It is not good news that it jumped to cat 3 from a tropical storm in about 12 hours. We saw too much of that last year. If one of these things does smack the US it will probably be as a major hurricane.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:39:20 +0000

lbar? were we following that model last year? [it’s all starting to run together]

i see that the bamm model has bertha headed this way. who named [acronymed?] that one anyway?