2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season: Non-Minnesotans arguing about the weather

[Ralph Baer]

T.S. Gonzalo
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/gra...?cone#contents

[LynahFan]

T.S. Fay
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at...start#contents

Wow....when Alabama isn’t even within sharpie range, you know that’s some stat padding!

[Kepler]

Have we been lucky or does the real sh-t usually not start til August?

A massive hurricane landfall right now would just about render FL uninhabitable.

[LynahFan]

Big ones usually later in the season - warmer water=more energy to feed the storm. I’m sure there have been exceptions, but that is the trend.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Have we been lucky or does the real sh-t usually not start til August?

A massive hurricane landfall right now would just about render FL uninhabitable.

Not just Florida. Imagine all those COVIDIOTS fleeing into the interior of the Deep South for 7-10 days.

[Ralph Baer]

T. S. Hanna
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/gra...?cone#contents

[Ralph Baer]

Not just Florida. Imagine all those COVIDIOTS fleeing into the interior of the Deep South for 7-10 days.

Where do people in Hawaii flee to? https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/gra...?cone#contents

[mookie1995]

Where do people in Hawaii flee to? https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/gra...?cone#contents

Alabama?

[Ralph Baer]

T.S. Isaias
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/gra...?cone#contents

[Kepler]

If they stop covering hurricanes they won't form.

[LynahFan]

Looks like I'm going to get my feet a little damp on Sunday - track right now is "worst case" scenario for rain on Atlantic Coast, with bulk of the storm over the ocean to pick up moisture and depositing it onto the shore.

Still, Florida basically can't flood. If we get 12" of rain, then that just means that the water is 12" deep everywhere - there is no "downhill" for it to flow to. The ground is basically a big sponge, too - we can get 3" of rain in the morning and the dirt (i.e. sand) in my yard will literally be powder dry in my fingers by the afternoon.

[Ralph Baer]

TS Josephine
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at...start#contents

[Kepler]

Looks like I'm going to get my feet a little damp on Sunday - track right now is "worst case" scenario for rain on Atlantic Coast, with bulk of the storm over the ocean to pick up moisture and depositing it onto the shore.

Still, Florida basically can't flood. If we get 12" of rain, then that just means that the water is 12" deep everywhere - there is no "downhill" for it to flow to. The ground is basically a big sponge, too - we can get 3" of rain in the morning and the dirt (i.e. sand) in my yard will literally be powder dry in my fingers by the afternoon.

Long Island is sand but it still floods. It's remarkable how rain can overpower a very porous soil in a short time.

The south shore of Long Island also has bad flooding and it's even flatter than Florida. I guess what I'm saying is I'm not sure you're as safe as you think. Particular because storm surge flooding isn't actually caused by gravity and drainage, it's caused by wind. It's more like a snow drift than an avalanche.

[Ralph Baer]

We will have to watch carefully in case the disturbance off the NC coast becomes a T.S. for an hour or so. :-D
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

[RaceBoarder]

How are we on "K" before Sept. 1?!


Seriously, has there been an increase in named storms the last few years?