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SJ, it could be me stretching the blog. Right now, I'm using FFox. What causes it and how does it get fixed?

Thanks

:Hey there Chucktown, welcome from another Charlestonian! Yep, dry air is giving this system hell right now.

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The dry air intrusion isn't giving the system hell at all. It's normal for extratropical cyclones to have a dry notch on their southeast sides.

huh? i dont ues FireFox i ues IE

switch to FireFox 2..its Better David..

So, I know this is way off anyone's radar right now (hehehe, sorry for the bad pun)what with the lukewarm,hybrid, kinda-like-a-Tropical-storm thingy off of the Carolinas; but does anyone know what we're up to on the Tornado count for 2007? Are we getting close to the 2005 number? Or still way off?

It just seems like we've had a banner couple of months for these things and I just want to know if we'll break the record.

Thanks!

moonlight-if you're not posting img tags then you wont strech it.

No moonlight, pictures with a width larger then 640 stretch the blog if you are using IE. Fire Fox will auto resize the pictures. IE shows what is posted, therefore everything with a width of over 640 blows the margins on the blog if you are using IE.

Only chance it has is to cut it off and get some moisture around the center SSIG, but you are right, it is beautiful out. Cool low, humidity...

ok link to FireFox 2 Please pat

I'm with you Stsimon - here a bit north of you in savannah and it's BEAUTIFUL. Great breeze, NO SMOKE today. First day for us in a couple of weeks that's the temp outside is comfortable (not too hot).

Thats Excatly why it wont STSIGuy..to much Mid lattitude air being entrained. It wont have time to do the nasty. Not the setup and motion for that quite yet.

Here is the download TAz-aroo...Link

Good gosh...dewpoints are in the twenties in GA.

I did not realize you were down here FC ☺

Taz, if you are using IE, then you should be having to scroll right to read posts.

It has all the best tools for Blogging too.Even a built in spellchecker

ok pat


ok SJ

CB just added to the blown margins.

Nice job CB!~(

When diagnosing the fray.A TD..a TS..storm of tropical possibilities. The overall look from above dosent always tell the story. All one has to do is look at the Inland dewpoints and the temps inland to see this one wont be a tropically pure one. Its to far North in origin too early..its Baroclinic in origin. Transition to warm cored would take days ..this one is neat. But its not invest worthy.

Dewpoints in the 20's and 30's....that is almost winter like dewpoints.

Makes for a good hair day!

CB just added to the blown margins.

Nice job CB!~(

Yup, he's a piece of work!

Even if it doesnt form into a tropical system it just goes to show that we are this far away from the season but this close to a named storm and that showes that we should have a very very active Season

cyclonebusted....what's with the pictures? God not another year of tunnels!

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The capt. would know too. He's sampled 'tunnel' from all over the universe.

I'm sorry, but it's just gonna be a good day to go surfing people

Good luck holding SST's to 75 degrees and under for the duration of the summer season....

Nevermind all, answered my own question.

For preliminary report on number of tornados so far in 2007 here's the Link

78-80 degrees would be my guess cyclone

..nash28 brings sanity to the table.Thanks ,WB

TWD 2:05 PM

WESTERN ATLANTIC...
ATTENTION REMAINS FOCUSED ON A RAPIDLY STRENGTHENING LOW PRES
CENTER OFF THE SE OF UNITED STATES. A 998 MB LOW IS ANALYZED ON
THE 12Z MAP NEAR 32N73W. THIS STRONG LOW WILL MOVE INTO OUR
FORECAST AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE BACK DOOR COLD FRONT
ASSOCIATED WITH IT ENTERS THE AREA NEAR 31N38W THEN CONTINUES SW
CROSSING THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS AND THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA INTO THE
GULF OF MEXICO. LATEST VIS SAT IMAGERY SHOWS THE LEADING EDGE OF
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER W-CENTRAL CUBA. CURRENTLY...THE MAIN
IMPACT WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM IS THE STRONG WINDS AND LARGE SEAS
AS A VERY TIGHT PRES GRADIENT HAS SET UP BETWEEN THE LOW AND
STRONG HIGH PRES OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES. SEVERAL ADVISORIES
AND WATCHES/WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED ALONG THE COAST FROM SOUTH
FLORIDA TO BEYOND THE CAROLINAS WHERE ROUGH SURF AND VERY
DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. AS THE LOW APPROACHES THE
SE COAST OF U.S. TUE THROUGH WED...RAINFALL WILL BE ALSO A
CONCERN. FOR MORE DETAILS...SEE STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL FORECAST
OFFICES.

A tropical cyclone can be visualized as a giant vertical heat engine supported by mechanics driven by physical forces such as the rotation and gravity of the Earth.[13] In another way, tropical cyclones could be viewed as a special type of Mesoscale Convective Complex, which continues to develop over a vast source of relative warmth and moisture. Condensation leads to higher wind speeds, as a tiny fraction of the released energy is converted into mechanical energy;[14] the faster winds and lower pressure associated with them in turn cause increased surface evaporation and thus even more condensation. Much of the released energy drives updrafts that increase the height of the storm clouds, speeding up condensation.[15] This gives rise to factors that provide the system with enough energy to be self-sufficient and cause a positive feedback loop, where it can draw more energy as long as the source of heat, warm water, remains. Factors such as a continued lack of equilibrium in air mass distribution would also give supporting energy to the cyclone. The rotation of the Earth causes the system to spin, an effect known as the Coriolis effect, giving it a cyclonic characteristic and affecting the trajectory of the storm.

Reverse Cold Front!

osted By: cyclonebuster at 7:08 PM GMT on May 07, 2007.
So anything less than 78 is good if you don't want a warm core system.



Yes, that is the general rule of thumb.