So its offical The Great Red Spot is WARM CORE !!!

[Aric Dunn]

figured only us crazy weather people would enjoy the idea of a 3 century old hurricane.. lol

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/j ... 00316.html

[HURAKAN]

GREAT DAY IN HISTORY!!!

[RL3AO]

Yet the JHC hasn't issued advisories on it yet. Complete idiots.

[Macrocane]

The great red spot is an anticyclonic storm, so can it be considered a hurricane?

[Aric Dunn]

The great red spot is an anticyclonic storm, so can it be considered a hurricane?

hehe.. yeah but not the point.. just funny.. the article and everyone always refers to it as a hurricane so when this particular article said warm core, i found it funny.. and actually it is not known if its a storm at all in the same sense as here on earth, rather than just a vorticity created by fluid dynamical processes.. similar to a whirlpool which is most likely the case..

[Aric Dunn]

Yet the JHC hasn't issued advisories on it yet. Complete idiots.

I know whats the deal.. I mean its only been around for a few hindered years.. geez..

[Macrocane]

hehe.. yeah but not the point.. just funny.. the article and everyone always refers to it as a hurricane so when this particular article said warm core, i found it funny.. and actually it is not known if its a storm at all in the same sense as here on earth, rather than just a vorticity created by fluid dynamical processes.. similar to a whirlpool which is most likely the case..

Hurricane or not there should be a RSMC in Jupiter cause there are lots of violent systems out there Thanks for the answer.

[brunota2003]

...WHIRLPOOL/HURRICANE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...

THE JUPITER HURRICANE CENTER HAS ISSUED A

...WHIRLPOOL WARNING FOR THE GREAT RED SPOT...
...HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE GREAT RED SPOT AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES...

THESE WARNINGS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, PLEASE HEED THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITIES. THOSE OUTSIDE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY RETURN TO THEIR SPACE CAPSULES AND BE PREPARED FOR ANY PLANETARY EVACUATION ORDERS.

There ya go

[vbhoutex]

Me thinks people are bored waiting for the season to start. Thanks Aric.

[Ptarmigan]

I have seen the Great Red Spot through my telescope. It is cool.

[KWT]

The great red spot is an anticyclonic storm, so can it be considered a hurricane?

hehe.. yeah but not the point.. just funny.. the article and everyone always refers to it as a hurricane so when this particular article said warm core, i found it funny.. and actually it is not known if its a storm at all in the same sense as here on earth, rather than just a vorticity created by fluid dynamical processes.. similar to a whirlpool which is most likely the case..

Yeah thats very interesting, it is quite interesting that the GRS is warm cored, I suppose you could say it rather puts all Earth's warm cored attempts to shame really!

[lester]

...WHIRLPOOL/HURRICANE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...

THE JUPITER HURRICANE CENTER HAS ISSUED A

...WHIRLPOOL WARNING FOR THE GREAT RED SPOT...
...HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE GREAT RED SPOT AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES...

THESE WARNINGS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, PLEASE HEED THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITIES. THOSE OUTSIDE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY RETURN TO THEIR SPACE CAPSULES AND BE PREPARED FOR ANY PLANETARY EVACUATION ORDERS.

There ya go

[Macrocane]

I guess they have been issuing advisories for a very loooooong time.

[KWT]

Yeah must be on advisory 3000000 or so by now I'd have thought!

[Aric Dunn]

Me thinks people are bored waiting for the season to start. Thanks Aric.

yeah im quite bored with winter weather .. lol although the season is still couple months away my hurricane conference season starts tomorrow with Storm #1: National Hurricane conference (started today), Storm 2 : Florida Governors hurricane conference (in may).

Actually if anyone has a particular question they want answered by the experts I will be interviewing them this week and would be glad to ask?
I guess I can make a new thread for it ? if thats ok with the MOD's

[cycloneye]

I guess I can make a new thread for it ? if thats ok with the MOD's

Go for it.

[Aric Dunn]

Yeah must be on advisory 3,000,000 or so by now I'd have thought!

hehe well if we take the formation estimates of about 500 years to be correct and assuming warnings would be issued then advisories would be about every 3 hours, then they would be on approximately the 1,460,000 advisory .. lol

[abajan]

I have seen the Great Red Spot through my telescope. It is cool.

You must have a mighty powerful telescope! Is there a picture of that model somewhere online that I can view the specs?

[Ptarmigan]

You must have a mighty powerful telescope! Is there a picture of that model somewhere online that I can view the specs?

I just use a 8 inch or 20 centimeter Newtonian telescope to see th Great Red Spot. It has a focal length of 1,220 mm or 48 inches. I use higher power around 182x or with a 2x Barlow Lens, 364x.

[KWT]

Thats pretty impressive that you've worked that out Aric!

Who knows how long its been going for!