Ivan, The thing that would never leave
>Posted on 09/22/2004 6:16:15 PM PDT by Pikamax
Call it what you will...heavy rain threatens Gulf Coast 8:10 P.M. ET 9/22/2004 Buzz Bernard & Anthony Diaz, Meteorologists, The Weather Channel National Forecast Video
South Resurrected Tropical Storm Ivan bears watching in the Gulf of Mexico as it churns toward the upper Texas/Louisiana Gulf Coast bearing squally bands of rain. Tides may come up a bit, too, and a coastal flood watches and warnings have been issued for parts of the northwestern Gulf Coast. Showers from Ivan may punch inland Thursday over far eastern Texas, Louisiana and northward up the lower Mississippi Valley.
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man this storm is like a bad wrestling character, it keeps coming back!!!!
Ivan, why all the violence? :-P Cheers! :)
Someone explain this please...???? I saw that storm go up North..how did it get back down South?
It went around a ridge of High pressure -- it made a circle.
More power than the Energizer Bunny.
Ivan is a freaking mummy.
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I think a better name for this one would be Rasputin.
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TROPICAL DEPRESSION IVAN SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER 67
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
6 PM CDT WED SEP 22 2004
...IVAN REGENERATES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO...
AT 6 PM CDT...2300Z...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
A PORTION OF THE GULF OF MEXICO COAST FROM THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER LOUISIANA WESTWARD TO SARGENT TEXAS.
AT 6 PM CDT...2300Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION IVAN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE
89.3 WEST OR ABOUT 155 MILES SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER.
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAINLY TO
THE NORTH OF THE CENTER. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS AND IVAN WILL LIKELY REGAIN TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH
BEFORE LANDFALL.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE PLANE WAS 1008
MB...29.77 INCHES.
WATER LEVELS HAVE BEEN RUNNING .5 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS
ALONG THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. IVAN WILL GENERATE AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE THESE EXISTING WATER LEVELS.
THEREFORE... WATER ELEVATIONS OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE NORTHEAST OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES
LANDFALL.
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THE PATH OF IVAN.
REPEATING THE 6 PM CDT POSITION...26.9 N... 89.3 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 PM CDT.
FORECASTER AVILA
So would it be a "Crazy Ivan"?
It should have been named "Christine". Hahaha.
A big piece of the storm broke off from the main storm and hung around in the Atlantic offshore of the Southeastern US. It then headed Southeast crossing central Florida and left plenty of rain. Next it went back into the Gulf and strengthened again.
Does anyone know what they expect it to do - will it reorganize and become a hurricane again? We could use some rain, but this is not the way I want to get it.
IVAN: "Any of you guys call me Frances, and I'll kill you."
It's raining here in New Orleans now, and nice and windy. The local weather people expect it to be a Tropical Storm tonite. They are also saying the LA/TX border, but the sucker looks like it's coming right at N.O.
Talk about kinky! It's like those horror movie villains, never quite dead.
I don't think they should have named it Ivan tho. Ivan went inland and dissipated. It should be Matthew. I think this is purely for attention-getting purposes, and it is rather insensitive to all the people devastated by Ivan on the Gulf Coast.
LOL
Very clever.
Maybe it will bring rain up here to Arizona? I mean Missouri? No rain in a month-6 weeks. Bone dry. "No-burn orders" issued in many areas. We sure could use a long, slow 3-day rain...
LOL! Very good. Guess they aren't going to rename it as was speculated earlier.
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