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#21 Postby Scorpion » Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:18 pm

Wow...50 kt winds 200 miles from the center? That's incredible.
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#22 Postby P.K. » Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:23 pm

At one point they extended 250NM (460km) from the centre to the NW and 150NM (280km) at the shortest radius. Estimating this as a one minue average gives 57kts if comparing to the N Atlantic.
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#23 Postby Swimdude » Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:37 pm

I can't wait to see this thing strengthen into a hurricane. The winds will be VAST... TS winds are 405 miles from the center currently. Can you imagine? [I think Tip was 695 miles, for the record...]
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#24 Postby abajan » Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:49 pm

Has anyone considered the huge waves that are likely to be generated by this behemoth (especially to the right of track) because of the incredibly long fetch of the winds?
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#25 Postby CrazyC83 » Thu Sep 07, 2006 7:11 pm

abajan wrote:Has anyone considered the huge waves that are likely to be generated by this behemoth (especially to the right of track) because of the incredibly long fetch of the winds?


Very true if it becomes a strong hurricane. It would be much, much larger than normal for its category.
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900 nm Wow!

#26 Postby sunnyday » Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:18 pm

Thank goodness, this storm is not heading for the US! Can you imagine a storm of this size coming toward your area? People would be scared to death, and rightfully so! 8-)
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Re: 900 nm Wow!

#27 Postby george_r_1961 » Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:22 pm

sunnyday wrote:Thank goodness, this storm is not heading for the US! Can you imagine a storm of this size coming toward your area? People would be scared to death, and rightfully so! 8-)



I already had evacuation plans made when I believed Florence was coming my way. I could not agree with u more; there would have been a mass panic.
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#28 Postby Ptarmigan » Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:23 pm

Now, that's HUGE! I have never seen any tropical system in the Atlantic that large. It's even bigger than Betsy, Carla, Floyd, and Katrina.
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#29 Postby sunnyday » Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:24 pm

Yes, mass panic would be about the size of it. We do have to be thankful that we are not threatened by this monster.
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#30 Postby shaggy » Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:26 pm

Felix in 95 had a huge windfield and looked to threaten NC for awhile and people did start to panic but he turned back out and went fishing!
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#31 Postby Josephine96 » Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:28 pm

Just remember.. this "monster" is only a 50 mph tropical storm right now :wink:
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#32 Postby sunnyday » Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:53 pm

The reason I called it a monster was only because of its size. Should it greatly strengthen, the word monster would perhaps be more appropriate.
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#33 Postby Jim Cantore » Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:54 pm

HURAKAN wrote:By the way, what is the record for the Atlantic?


We would never know. Think about it.
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#34 Postby HURAKAN » Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:09 pm

Hurricane Floyd wrote:
HURAKAN wrote:By the way, what is the record for the Atlantic?


We would never know. Think about it.


:lol: :lol: :lol:

Since recorded history, which storm has the record for being the largest in the Atlantic Ocean?
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