Vince and Tracy...cousins

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Vince and Tracy...cousins

#1 Postby PTPatrick » Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:14 pm

I have seen pictures of Cyclone Tracy and it was very small like Vince...is Vince smaller or larger than tracy?
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#2 Postby Derek Ortt » Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:36 pm

Vince is a gian compared to Tracy

Tracy was so small that despite the core winds being cat 4 or 5, TS winds only extended about 25 miles form the center
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#3 Postby HurricaneBill » Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:56 pm

Derek Ortt wrote:Vince is a gian compared to Tracy

Tracy was so small that despite the core winds being cat 4 or 5, TS winds only extended about 25 miles form the center


Tracy must have had one hell of a pressure gradient.

Do you think the Labor Day Hurricane looked like Tracy?
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#4 Postby hicksta » Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:56 pm

picture of her?
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#5 Postby Derek Ortt » Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:58 pm

yeah, Tracy and the 35 cane wer elikely similar in size
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#6 Postby chadtm80 » Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:59 pm

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#7 Postby chadtm80 » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:01 pm

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#8 Postby whereverwx » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:02 pm

Wow! Holy crap! :eek:
Thanks chad!
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#9 Postby hicksta » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:04 pm

Typhoon tip??? Good lord any sat of that?
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#10 Postby HurricaneBill » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:05 pm

Here's a radar and satellite pic of Tracy, BTW.

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#11 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:05 pm

Tracy on those satellite pics remind me of Ingrid this spring?
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#12 Postby whereverwx » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:06 pm

hicksta wrote:Typhoon tip??? Good lord any sat of that?


The image is a little big... so click here.
Last edited by whereverwx on Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:10 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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#13 Postby HurricaneBill » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:07 pm

hicksta wrote:Typhoon tip??? Good lord any sat of that?


There are a few on the web, but they really don't do Tip justice.

I found a PDF file with an outstanding visible satellite image of Tip at his peak, however.
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#14 Postby chadtm80 » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:07 pm

hicksta wrote:Typhoon tip??? Good lord any sat of that?


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#15 Postby hicksta » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:08 pm

My god..
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#16 Postby HurricaneBill » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:08 pm

Calamity wrote:
hicksta wrote:Typhoon tip??? Good lord any sat of that?


This is a big image: http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/7972/tippytip0iq.jpg


That's the one, Calamity! :D
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#17 Postby Tampa Bay Hurricane » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:09 pm

Tip is insane!!!!
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#18 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:12 pm

Both Katrina in Rita looked much better then Tips. In Tips was much stronger then them.
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#19 Postby hicksta » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:14 pm

I didnt get to see rita. was to busy sitting in my car for 2 days.
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#20 Postby HURAKAN » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:15 pm

Matt-hurricanewatcher wrote:Both Katrina in Rita looked much better then Tips. In Tips was much stronger then them.


I surely believe that image was not taken at its peak.
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