Hurricane Emily (Live Thread, Part II)

NHC-NOAA ^ | 16 July 2005 | NHC

[NautiNurse]

Hurricanes Emily and Dennis are the strongest July storms in recorded history for the Atlantic hurricane basin...

Hurricane Emily resources--the links are self-updating for handy reference:

NHC Hurricane Public Advisory Updates Currently published every three hours 5A, 8A, 11A, 2P, 5P, etc. ET.

NHC Hurricane Discussion Updates Published every 6 hours 5A, 11A, 5P, 11P ET

Storm Floater IR Loop Little boxes at top of image: lat/lon, and Trop Fcst Pts--click 'em.

Caribbean IR Loop

Caribbean Visible Loop (Only works during daylight hours)

Storm Floater Sat Both loop and latest image

Western Caribbean Bouy Data

Jamaica Weather Has a few still radar images

Grand Cayman Weather

Cozumel Weather

Cancun Weather

Cancun Radar Very Slow Load

Another Cancun Radar another Very Slow Load

Hurricane Track Forecast

Hurricane Model Projections

Emily Forecast Track Archive Loop Great for reviewing the NHC 3 day and 5 day historic track positions

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Some more resources:

Hurricane City

Global Satellite Imagery Amazing view of the world (Broadband)

Water Vapor SatelliteAnother colorful loop for broadband

Central Florida Hurricane Center offers a variety of info

Another colorful IR Satellite loop

The Saffir-Simpson Scale. Source: Hurricane Categories

Category	Wind Speed	Barometric Pressure	Storm Surge	Damage Potential
1 (weak)	75 - 95 mph 65 - 82 kts 33 - 42 m/s	> 28.94 in. Hg > 980.0 mb > 97.7 kPa	4.0 - 5.0 ft. 1.2 - 1.5 m	minimal damage to vegetation
2 (moderate)	96 - 110 mph 83 - 95 kts 43 - 49 m/s	28.50 - 28.93 in. Hg 965.1 - 979.7 mb 96.2 - 97.7 kPa	6.0 - 8.0 ft. 1.8 - 2.4 m	moderate damage to houses
3 (strong)	111 - 130 mph 96 - 113 kts 50 - 58 m/s	27.91 - 28.49 in. Hg 945.1 - 964.8 mb 96.2 - 97.7 kPa	9.0 - 12.0 ft. 2.7 - 3.7 m	extensive damage to small buildings
4 (very strong)	131 - 155 mph 114 - 135 kts 59 - 69 m/s	27.17 - 27.90 in. Hg 920.1 - 944.8 mb 91.7 - 94.2 kPa	13.0 - 18.0 ft. 3.9 - 5.5 m	extreme structural damage
5 (devastating)	> 155 mph > 135 kts > 70 m/s	< 27.17 in Hg < 920.1 mb < 91.7 kPa	> 18.0 ft > 5.5 m	catastrophic building failures possible

Hurricane Emily Live Thread, Part I

Some more resources:

Hurricane City

Global Satellite Imagery Amazing view of the world (Broadband)

Water Vapor SatelliteAnother colorful loop for broadband

Central Florida Hurricane Center offers a variety of info

Another colorful IR Satellite loop

[NautiNurse]

Lived in RTP many years after attending nursing school at UNC-CH. Grew up in Charlotte.

[Tarheel]

Add me to your hurricane ping list.

I am from NC and saw what Hugo did to us.

[NautiNurse]

you come up here for the summer/fall in PA and we'll come down there for the winter. How's that sound? ;-)

I'll be there on the next flight. Have loads of room here for the winter months. Done deal. You really were serious, yes? :-D

[Dog Gone]

They should be fine in Honduras, especially if they're on the Pacific side. Of course, most of Honduras is Caribbean, so the odds are they're going to encounter some high seas during their dive.

Still, it shouldn't be a problem.

[NautiNurse]

OMG--remember Hugo vividly. Was in Chapel Hill at the time, called my parents at 5-6AM because local Raleigh news said the eye of Hurricane Hugo was over Charlotte. My Dad replied--"Like hell the eye of the storm is over us. The eye of the storm is calm, and it's blowing like hell here..."

Never, ever, will I forget that conversation...

[Dog Gone]

I like those model runs, but I'll eat my hat if it crosses Mexico and emerges south of Baja.

[sfimom]

But of course! Just keep in mind that I have 6 kids and a dog that will be coming with me. ;-)

[Dog Gone]

Prayers for the people of the Yucatan. This is going to hit them hard.

The good thing about the Yucatan is that it is sparsely populated. There are the resort communities which are fairly new and have pretty good construction. And then there is Merida to the north. Not much in between.

[NautiNurse]

Just keep in mind that I have 6 kids and a dog that will be coming with me. ;-)

Ha! Spent hurricane Charley with three adults, six cats, four dogs, and a pot belly pig.

[TheLion]

Stranger things have probably happened. I agree with you, however.

[sfimom]

Ha animals are easy to get along with lol Kids are a tad harder.

[Tarheel]

OMG--remember Hugo vividly. Was in Chapel Hill at the time, called my parents at 5-6AM because local Raleigh news said the eye of Hurricane Hugo was over Charlotte. My Dad replied--"Like hell the eye of the storm is over us. The eye of the storm is calm, and it's blowing like hell here..." Never, ever, will I forget that conversation...

Never will I forget the cracking of the pines--6 trees down in our yard, our entire west and south sides of the house covered in shredded leaves, you c/n see out the windows,no electric for four days and we were among the lucky ones. There were people in CLT w/o electric for >2+ weeks.

[NautiNurse]

No child has ever been bored here--

Hint: swimming pool, boat

[NautiNurse]

Yep--grew up in Myers Park/Dilworth. All those wonderful oak trees planted by Mr. Myers. Several years later, Fran spent the night...had six trees on the roof for 105 days. After Fran, hurricane preparation was a normal part of life.

The storms that drive inland are the most fearsome.

[SouthTexas]

ping

[sfimom]

Ok now I'm getting jealous! :)

[mcshot]

I was thinking the same thing. Now that would be a wrench in the prediction gears.
mc

[nhoward14]

On History Channel now is documentary about 1991 Hurricane Grace. The forecasters now at NHC are being interviewed throughout if you want to put a face to the names.

[nwctwx]

I did see the conversation about the possibility of two cat 5 storms at once... don't know the history though. I am too much of an amateur to make much sense there quite often... I just have the job of creating idle banter. ;-)

[nwctwx]

I just watched the 2 hour show on Isaac's Storm (1900 Galveston hurricane)... pretty amazing stuff.