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

ScottK said:
Except that there wasn't 7 storms. There were 4 storms (1 of which was essentially dead already), and 3 areas that bear watching (1 of which had little to no chance of developing).
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*sigh*

Jeebus man... I knew you were going to come out of hiding to "AKSHULLY" this, which is why I tried to use "of note" instead of using the term "named". Apparently unsuccessfully. When I, an average rube, see this and then I see this, I'm going to call them storms. They're hot, they're wet, they blow, and they're not (insert SCSU euphemism here). They're storms.

I appreciate being corrected on factually incorrect assertions, but I obviously meant "seven areas that bear watching" and that seemed unusual to me regardless of whether they were above whatever threshold you cloudnerds come down off your pearly thrones and declare "This, is now a storm".

ANyways, I thought seven seemed like a lot.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
*sigh*

Jeebus man... I knew you were going to come out of hiding to "AKSHULLY" this, which is why I tried to use "of note" instead of using the term "named". Apparently unsuccessfully. When I, an average rube, see this and then I see this, I'm going to call them storms. They're hot, they're wet, they blow, and they're not (insert SCSU euphemism here). They're storms.

I appreciate being corrected on factually incorrect assertions, but I obviously meant "seven areas that bear watching" and that seemed unusual to me regardless of whether they were above whatever threshold you cloudnerds come down off your pearly thrones and declare "This, is now a storm".

ANyways, I thought seven seemed like a lot.
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storm
/stôrm/

noun
  1. 1.
    a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.
  2. an intense low-pressure weather system; a cyclone.
At least 3 of the areas on the map yesterday do not meet the definition of "storm"

One was an area of low-level clouds with no remaining precipitation - not a storm by any definition.
One was a cluster of a couple of disorganized thunderstorms in the western Gulf of Mexico - not a storm
One was a tropical wave just moving off the coast of Africa that the models predict might develop in a few days, but for now is just a few thunderstorms - not a storm
 
So you're saying a thunderstorm....isn't a storm?

thun·der·storm
/ˈTHəndərˌstôrm/
noun
noun: thunderstorm; plural noun: thunderstorms
  1. a storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail.
GTFO
 
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