Loops and pics thread (Beware Dial-Up Users)

[cycloneye]

Welcome wxspirit to storm2k and enjoy it all.If you have any questions,dont hesitate and ask them,and you will get a quick answer.That is a great Katrina loop.

[Ptarmigan]

Welcome WXspirit. Nice Katrina loop. It's a amazing that it had lots of dry air to contend with, but it ended up being a monster despite it all. Sadly, too many people died.

[cycloneye]

Typhoon Imbudo,2003.

[Squarethecircle]

Looks like a cross between Wilma and Gilbert, though it may just be me.

[cycloneye]

Hurricane Charley,2004.

[AnnularCane]

It's pretty fascinating watching Katrina pop out this big eye seemingly out of nowhere.

[cycloneye]

Hurricane Frances,2004.

[Cyclone1]

Luis, Luis! Guess what?! HIGH SPEED BABY! Man it's been killing me, but I can finally veiw all 13 pages of this thread. Whew...

[Squarethecircle]

Luis, Luis! Guess what?! HIGH SPEED BABY! Man it's been killing me, but I can finally veiw all 13 pages of this thread. Whew...

Darn it, man, my parents insist that I let their useless 100 MB programs run ON ANOTHER account, and there are some pages that just take FOREVER to load for me.

[cycloneye]

Luis, Luis! Guess what?! HIGH SPEED BABY! Man it's been killing me, but I can finally veiw all 13 pages of this thread. Whew...

Very good that finnally you can view all these pics and loops.

[Cyclone1]

*raises hand* I have a few high res images to share with the class! (and when I say, "I have", it means, no one else has them, but me. Gotta love the CLASS archives!)

False color image of Bob.

I had to put it as a thumbnail, because the image is truly GIGANTIC.


False color image of Bret (orange flavored Gulf o_O)


I've got about 5 more, but I'll upload them later. Too lazy to continue.

Take a look at Bob, it's worth the load.

[docjoe]

the northern eyewall of Dennis directly over my house




the approximate location of Dennis right before the power went out and it started to get rather windy!!

[wxspririt]

It's pretty fascinating watching Katrina pop out this big eye seemingly out of nowhere.

During the summer, you might know this (pardon my ignorance if you do), the wx satellites go into what is termed "blackout" for three hours every evening... most of those "jumps" you see are during those periods. Her eye became massive during one such blackout, but they are necessary...

and for another contribution... an animated gif of the entire 2005 season with Sea Surface Temperature overlays... check out the cold wakes of all the storms... Dennis is pretty impressive, Katrina really cooled the Gulf down, but as you will see, warmed up really quickly for Rita...


Happy Thanksgiving!!!

[catastrophic]

fays floods of my backyard Palm Bay Florida, the water at max was 4' deep, and we ended up with some Koi swiming in our yard,



heres the front yard, down the street the flooding was so bad in a certain area that the water in the canal was flowing backward upstream

[cycloneye]

Hurricane Ike as it made landfall in Galveston Bay,Texas.

[KWT]

Hurricane Bret making landfall:

[SouthFloridawx]

Hurricane Katrina Forecast Issued by the New Orleans, Louisiana, Weather Forecast Office

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED...

HURRICANE KATRINA...A MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED STRENGTH...RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969.

MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL. PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.

HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.

AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE
WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.

POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE KILLED.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
ONCE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSET...DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE!

http://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/events/katrina/side_katrina.html

[KWT]

The amazing hurricane Andrew in full view:

[cycloneye]

Will the 2009 Atlantic Hurricane season have East Coast threats and landfalls like Floyd was?

ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
BULLETIN
HURRICANE FLOYD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 24A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM AST MON SEP 13 1999

...FLOYD STILL ON A WESTWARD TRACK...

A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE THE NORTHWEST
BAHAMAS...INCLUDING THE ABACO ISLANDS...ANDROS ISLAND...BERRY
ISLANDS...BIMINI...ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA AND NEW PROVIDENCE
ISLAND...AND FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS ...INCLUDING CAT ISLAND...
EXUMAS ISLANDS...LONG ISLAND...RUM CAY...AND SAN SALVADOR ISLAND.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS
ISLANDS AND THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS.

A HURRICANE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE FLORIDA
MAINLAND EAST COAST FROM FLORIDA CITY NORTHWARD TO JUST SOUTH OF
BRUNSWICK GEORGIA...INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

INTERESTS IN THE FLORIDA KEYS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
THIS DANGEROUS HURRICANE.

AT 2 PM AST...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOYD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 73.0 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES
...145 KM...EAST OF SAN SALVADOR IN THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS. THIS
POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 470 MILES...750 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF MIAMI
FLORIDA.

FLOYD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR. A GRADUAL
TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY A
TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 155 MPH...250 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS. FLOYD IS A DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR/SIMPSON SCALE.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 290 MILES...465 KM.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 926 MB...27.34 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 15 TO 20 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...
ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA.

RAINBANDS FROM FLOYD ARE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OVER THE
SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AND PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS.

REPEATING THE 2 PM AST POSITION...24.2 N... 73.0 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...155 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 926 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.

AVILA

[KWT]

Reverse Lenny: