Why is Emily so small

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

She is a little bigger then the Emily of 1999.

[Radar]

IF Emily continues to strengthen as she is forecast too will we see any growth? In other words will Emily get bigger or has she reached the maximum as far as volume?

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Here is another little powerful hurricane Iris,,,,

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/prelims/2001iris1.jpg


If it where to move over the Yuctan for about 12 hours it would grow a little bigger because its core would unwrap some. But if it doe's not hit the Yuctan it should remain a very small hurricane.

Why is there no Hrd surface wind data yet?

[tailgater]

It is not totally understood why some hurricanes become so large and others remain very compact, but it mostly has to do with the kind of disturbance that originated it.

Tropical waves in the Atlantic and monsoon troughs in the Western Pacific tend to originate the largest hurricanes. Cold-core lows which transition to tropical lows generally develop the smallest hurricanes. Again, this is generally.

One thing to remember is that it doesn't matter how large or small a hurricane is, strength doesn't relate to it...

I think Emily will remain small in size unless she slows over the central or western Caribbean, or makes contact with a significant land mass.

[Hurricane Cheese]

Emily's a petite lil hottie in my book

[HurricaneJoe22]

Hurricane Cheese, you need to get out more

[Sean in New Orleans]

I didn't really read the entire thread, but, the reason Emily is "small," is because the atmosphere is different in July than in September, and the Earth hasn't quite warmed up enough to have systems pull large amounts of moisture that create monster storms...hence, we are seeing smaller storms that are much more concentrated and strong.

[CA _Tracker]

Ivan envy?