Hurricane John off of Baja California Mex (UPDATE, UPGRADED CAT 4)

To: Bringbackthedraft

John? What happened to F G H I ?

I recognize the humor in your question - gave me a chuckle, anyway ;-). But there is really a for-real explanation and answer, provided courtesy of the NOAA/US government and the World Meteorological Organization to your burning question! :-)

There are Atlantic names and Pacific names. The Pacific actually has 3 subdivided lists of name: Eastern, Central, Western. John is on the Eastern Pacific list; Ernesto is on the Atlantic list; Super Typhoon Ioke is on the Central North Pacific list.

2006 Hurricane Names

2006 Atlantic Names
Alberto
Beryl
Chris
Debby
Ernesto
Florence
Gordon
Helene
Isaac
Joyce
Kirk
Leslie
Michael
Nadine
Oscar
Patty
Rafael
Sandy
Tony
Valerie
William

Eastern North Pacific Names
Aletta
Bud
Carlotta
Daniel
Emilia
Fabio
Gilma
Hector
Ileana
John
Kristy
Lane
Miriam
Norman
Olivia
Paul
Rosa
Sergio
Tara
Vicente
Willa
Xavier
Yolanda
Zeke

81 posted on 08/30/2006 9:20:04 AM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

Kristy has formed too. She's a Tropical storm right now I believe.

82 posted on 08/30/2006 9:21:19 AM PDT by Blogger (http://www.propheteuon.com)

Nobody was watching.

See my post above ;-).

83 posted on 08/30/2006 9:22:13 AM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

...the US has hurricanes at both ends!

This sounds like something that happened to me once after eating some bad Taco Bell.

84 posted on 08/30/2006 9:35:34 AM PDT by Recovering Hermit (Apparently, most who protest for peace do so at the expense of hygiene.)

Time to get out of Puerta Vallarta

85 posted on 08/30/2006 10:40:11 AM PDT by proudpapa (of three.)

86 posted on 08/30/2006 10:42:39 AM PDT by Constantine XIII

To: Recovering Hermit

87 posted on 08/30/2006 10:43:57 AM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)

To: Constantine XIII

Atlantis needs cheap labor too because there are jobs that even Atlantinites won't do.

88 posted on 08/30/2006 10:46:09 AM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL (Put a mirror to the face of the republican party and all you'll see is a Donkey.)

And, if they go west of the Timeline then they become Typhoons.

It may be earlier in this thread (I came in thru the back door), but I read in yesterday's paper where the military evacuated Wake Island because there's a Cat 5 typhoon. They expect it to totally swamp the island.

89 posted on 08/30/2006 10:51:01 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (Meep Meep)

It's a biggun that's for sure. It looks like it will hit Baja. At least now it looks that way.

I've been keeping my eye on it because we often get rain from the Pacific hurricanes. Governor Richardson may declare the entire state of NM an emergency because of the massive flooding we're had already this year. This will probably be the year that it turns into Mexico, sending torrential rains to NM. Normally, that's what we would want but our ground is so saturated that we can't hold any more. I hope it heads out to sea.

90 posted on 08/30/2006 10:51:04 AM PDT by NRA2BFree (PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW ISLAM ARE KORANIMALS!)

91 posted on 08/30/2006 11:05:09 AM PDT by Constantine XIII

Yes. Been watching that one too. It started out over near Mexico and was at first a hurricane and became a Typhoon.

92 posted on 08/30/2006 12:37:37 PM PDT by Blogger (http://www.propheteuon.com)

To: Constantine XIII

93 posted on 08/30/2006 2:30:20 PM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL (Put a mirror to the face of the republican party and all you'll see is a Donkey.)

To: pushforbush; brytlea; Blogger

Is John a threat to the U.S.?
Eastern Pacific hurricanes are most likely to impact the U.S. in El Nino years, where the ocean along the Mexican coast heats up to much above normal temperatures and can fuel very intense hurricanes. This was the case in 1997, when Category 5 Hurricane Linda, the most intense hurricane ever observed in the Eastern Pacific, moved parallel to the coast and threatened California. The National Hurricane Center issued several advisories for Linda alerting San Diego to the possibility of receiving tropical storm force winds from Linda. The storm turned out to sea before reaching California, however.

This is not an El Nino year, but recent warming of the waters in the Eastern Pacific has led some El Nino experts wondering if a late-arriving El Nino might be on the way. Water temperatures along the Pacific coast of Mexico are 1-2 degrees C above normal all the way to the California coast, giving 2006 the possibility of allowing a tropical storm to reach California. It is very rare for an Eastern Pacific storm to move far enough north to affect the Arizona or California. Since 1900, only four tropical cyclones have brought tropical storm force winds to the Southwestern United States: an unnamed tropical storm that made landfall near Long Beach, CA, in 1939 (52 mph winds south of L.A.); the remnants of Hurricane Joanne in 1972; the remnants of Hurricane Kathleen in 1976 (76 mph wind gust at Yuma, AZ); and the remnants of Hurricane Nora in 1997. In addition, a hurricane just missed making landfall in October 1858 and brought hurricane force winds to San Diego and tropical storm force winds all the way to Los Angeles.

In order to affect California, a tropical cyclone would have to be moving quickly, so the the cold waters off the coast would not weaken it too fast. The alternative would be for the storm to barrel up the narrow Gulf of California, where water temperatures remain warm all the way to the end. To my knowledge, no such storm has ever been able to shoot more than half way up the narrow Gulf of California before dashing itself to pieces on the rugged terrain on either side. I'd be surprised if John manages to bring tropical storm force winds to the U.S.

Dr. Jeff Master's Blog on weatherunderground.com

94 posted on 08/30/2006 2:41:50 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq - Go Bucks!!!)

To: MikefromOhio

I'd hate to be here now.... Updated radar and satellite on John

96 posted on 09/01/2006 8:24:30 AM PDT by isawitonline

To: isawitonline

Bumping for latest news.

97 posted on 09/01/2006 5:55:38 PM PDT by Irish Eyes

Pretty sure the storms are named hurricanes in the Atlantic, and typhoons in the Pacific.

You have to be literate to know that. This is an antique media story where BB guns are assault weapons.

98 posted on 09/02/2006 12:26:00 PM PDT by MrEdd (The easiest way to LIE with statistics is to use the average instead of the Median.)

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