TS Gustav & TS Hanna

NOAA/NHC ^ | August 28, 2008 | NOAA/NHC

[NautiNurse]

The 2008 peak of hurricane season is ramping up with Gustav and Hanna. The two storms pose threats to the U.S. At least 22 deaths in Hispanola are attributed to Gustav to date, and a Hurricane Warning is in effect for Jamaica. Tropical Storm Hanna has formed in the Atlantic.

Gustav	Hanna
Visible Satellite Image Loop Infrared Satellite Image Loop	Visible Image Loop Infrared Image Loop
WV Satellite Image Loop	WV Image Loop
Public Advisory	Public Advisory
Discussion	Discussion
Buoy Data: Western Caribbean                   FL and East GOM                   Western GOM	East Caribbean West Atlantic Florida

Forecast Models

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

[lainie]

ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) animated graph:

http://www.ecmwf.int/products/forecasts/d/animate/catalog/products/forecasts/medium/deterministic/msl_uv850_z500!Wind%20850%20and%20mslp!72!North%20America!pop!od!oper!public_plots!2005101800!!!step/

It takes awhile to load but shows their predicted storm track for the next week+. They show Gustav slamming NOLA on September 2nd, and Hannah then slamming NOLA on September 7th. But you know how these forecasts change, sometimes drastically. Still....

[rodguy911]

I do a lot of radio fishing reports and we were talking about some 30 inch fish down here in Fla bay last night but they are pretty rare. Mostly they are on the small side.

[rodguy911]

Wow wish I hadn’t loaded it now,looks like Hanna clips us or comes real close.But thanks,I guess!!

[CindyDawg]

Or....yall could stay home and put up shutters and pick stuff up in the yard:’)

[lainie]

ooh..sorry about that. But forewarned is forearmed. :) Where are you?

[eastforker]

Thank youfor the link, what is that 3rd one coming from, anyword on that?

[numberonepal]

Dayum!

[lainie]

the people here ar talking about a new one forming down near Panama in the Gulf, and the ECM says there’s another one coming from the eastern Atlantic. Other than that, I don’t know anything. I don’t know how to read the maps very well. nwc would be better to explain, I think

[rodguy911]

fla keys

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

Oh my.....almost makes you glad to be from Jersey....*sigh*

[lainie]

ooh. yeah looks like Hanna might pose a problem later next week, but as as far as it looks now, it’ll be a glancing blow. Not that makes it a cinch. Don’t people say that the eastern side of a hurricane is the hard-slapping side?

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

Don’t people say that the eastern side of a hurricane is the hard-slapping side?

More precisely, the business side of the hurricane is in the quadrant ahead and to the right of the direction of motion.

[rodguy911]

Exactly we usually refer to the Eastern side of a storm as “the dirty side”. How accurate is this stuff at this point?

[DocRock]

"Don’t fool yourself. All that Katrina crap was just a plan by the Democrats and media to make President Bush look bad, and they hoped help in the next election. If people had to loose their lives and property to accomplish this, so be it!"

I thought the administration in LA was herding the poor, sick, homeless, drug addicts and disabled into the Superdoom, (again, not a typo), to kill them so they didn't have to support them, and then would blame the deaths on Bush for cutting funding and sending troops to Iraq. The libs used them to get their votes, and now they were being sentenced to death, and would use their deaths to get reelected. Oh, and as a bonus, they get a bunch of our tax dollars to rebuild without the burden of caring for those listed above

Posted: 09/01/2005 12:40:31 AM EDT by DocRock

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

On most hurricanes. I think we did have one a couple of years ago which broke that rule.

[nwctwx]

I’m not sure exactly what the third Atlantic system is, but I’d guess it’s one of the waves either very near Africa or about to exit. I think the other system in the Bay of Campeche is unlikely to develop into much, though a tropical storm may be possible.

[Non-Sequitur]

A co-worker is supposed to be married in Jamaica on Saturday. I’m thinking...probably not.

[NautiNurse]

Hanna is struggling to survive wind shear. NHC is barely keeping Hanna at Tropical Storm status for the 5PM update.

[rodguy911]

That is good to hear.

[yield 2 the right]

“Something wicked this way comes.”