On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 18:38:35 -0700, Califbill billnews wrote:

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On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:35:37 -0700, Califbill billnews wrote:

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On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 12:02:41 -0700, Califbill billnews wrote:

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On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:54:49 -0400,
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On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 09:09:05 -0700, Califbill billnews wrote:

Infrared view

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/floa...5-ir-long.html

We may get showers on Wed. From the storm. And we are a long ways away.


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Look at how tightly wound that eye wall is. That's the sign of a real
killer storm. They're talking about sustained winds of 200 mph 30
miles either side of the eye with gusts to 240. It will level
anything that it hits, just like a big tornado.

Your wind map has a great picture of that.

http://earth.nullschool.net/#current....87,24.94,1389

You will have to drag the map over.
It looks like the classic representation of a black hole.


Looking at your map, wondered something. Are upper level outgoing winds
even higher speed? All that air flowing in has to go somewhere.

It goes up the center of the cyclone (the suck zone) and spreads out
across the whole top of the storm.


But what kind of wind speeds will be above the eye and near the center of
the storm?

Interesting question I can't answer but I believe it dissipates pretty
fast in the upper atmosphere. The energy is expended in the cyclone
and we are looking at the exhaust.


Unless the upper volume is bigger than the lower region, will have to be
higher speeds.

It really spreads out fast so the volume is larger. The air is coming
out of a very narrow pipe and expanding across the whole diameter of
the storm.
If you poke around you can find full motion mock ups of a tropical
cyclone. Our weather guys use them as B-roll on any hurricane story.

Everyone in Florida becomes somewhat of a weather man after a while.
particularly if they want to boat in the summer. My father was
tropical weather junkie and I inherited it. That was long before all
of the tools we have today. You were watching clouds and smelling the
air.