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wfor tv has reported

#1 Postby Derek Ortt » Sat Sep 11, 2004 7:28 am

that kingston has received a gust to 186 m.p.h. and that the situation is worse than it was for gilbert
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#2 Postby Hyperstorm » Sat Sep 11, 2004 7:34 am

I doubt what they said is true. The eye was at least 30 miles away from Kingston, so a gust to 186mph sounds unrealistic.

About the situation being worst than Gilbert...it could be. They probably experienced category 3 hurricane force winds...
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#3 Postby Derek Ortt » Sat Sep 11, 2004 7:36 am

that would have been at a higher elevation, or the extreme NE portion of the eye wall did cross the coast of Kingston. How I wish we had radar more frequently than we do
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#4 Postby Sanibel » Sat Sep 11, 2004 7:39 am

Macro venturi forcing on the south side of the mountains above Kingston.

One woman missing in seaside house after surge engulfs it. Reports of many person injured by flying debris while outside trying to brace houses...
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#5 Postby B-Bear » Sat Sep 11, 2004 7:41 am

Macro venturi forcing


What is that?
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#6 Postby jlauderdal » Sat Sep 11, 2004 7:42 am

Derek Ortt wrote:that would have been at a higher elevation, or the extreme NE portion of the eye wall did cross the coast of Kingston. How I wish we had radar more frequently than we do


i would like to know what kind of instrument they used. Having been to jamaica i doubt they had anything to sophisticated in the country let alone the mountains. The mets take things so seriousley there they threatened to strike earlier in the week. I find this report rather dubious at best.
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Re: wfolr tv has reported

#7 Postby otowntiger » Sat Sep 11, 2004 7:42 am

Derek Ortt wrote:that kingston has received a gust to 186 m.p.h. and that the situation is worse than it was for gilbert

Maybe that was kilometers per hour?
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#8 Postby Hyperstorm » Sat Sep 11, 2004 7:43 am

otowntiger wrote:
Derek Ortt wrote:that kingston has received a gust to 186 m.p.h. and that the situation is worse than it was for gilbert

Maybe that was kilometers per hour?


Excellent point. It very well could have been...
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Re: wfolr tv has reported

#9 Postby jlauderdal » Sat Sep 11, 2004 7:49 am

Hyperstorm wrote:
otowntiger wrote:
Derek Ortt wrote:that kingston has received a gust to 186 m.p.h. and that the situation is worse than it was for gilbert

Maybe that was kilometers per hour?


Excellent point. It very well could have been...


i still question this report big time.
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#10 Postby Sanibel » Sat Sep 11, 2004 7:54 am

It is very possible that a 155mph storm that has to compress its north half windfield in order to get by the mountains would create a large-scale wind tunnel effect that could very easily produce a gust of 185mph. What you have is the entire rest of the circulation coming up from behind and pushing this compressed section past the mountains. I have no doubt 200mph gusts occurred along the mountainsides above...

I doubt their instruments were wrong...
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