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#21 Postby mike18xx » Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:13 am

rtd2 wrote:COMPARE GILBERT TO EMILY IN ABOUT THE SAME SPOT!
Emily won't be "(near) the same spot" until tomorrow afternoon; right now, she's drawing up roughly due south of Grand Cayman.
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#22 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:35 am

Take a look at this...
http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc-bin/tc_ho ... E=al052005
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#23 Postby rtd2 » Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:37 am

mike18xx wrote:
rtd2 wrote:COMPARE GILBERT TO EMILY IN ABOUT THE SAME SPOT!
Emily won't be "(near) the same spot" until tomorrow afternoon; right now, she's drawing up roughly due south of Grand Cayman.



SIMPLY comparing WHAT Gilbert WAS in Size that Emily Aint...I said ABOUT the same spot...Maybe AREA would have been a better word...
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#24 Postby HURAKAN » Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:42 am

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#25 Postby hicksta » Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:43 am

HE was A BEAST :grr:
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#26 Postby mike18xx » Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:58 am

rtd2 wrote:
mike18xx wrote:
rtd2 wrote:COMPARE GILBERT TO EMILY IN ABOUT THE SAME SPOT!
Emily won't be "(near) the same spot" until tomorrow afternoon; right now, she's drawing up roughly due south of Grand Cayman.
SIMPLY comparing WHAT Gilbert WAS in Size that Emily Aint...I said ABOUT the same spot...Maybe AREA would have been a better word...
Ignore, for a moment, the sprawling spiral arms and only look at CDOs: Is Gilbert's that much bigger? An explosively bombing system can throw up an impressive network of assessory feeder-band convection in a matter of hours, and Emily has already done so at least once in the eastern Caribbean.

Gilbert was a semi-crippled 120mph storm after hitting Jamaica; Emily is a 155mph storm still half a day away from the "sweet spot" of maximum oceanic heat-content. Basically, she's hitting the race-track from pit-exit already in 4th gear.

Only an ass-load of shear, or something truly bizarre, is, IMO, going to keep Emily away from solid cat-5 tomorrow. (It may weaken slightly for the 2am, before restrengthening.)
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#27 Postby mike18xx » Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:59 am

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#28 Postby rtd2 » Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:17 am

By Mike18xx
"Ignore, for a moment, the sprawling spiral arms and only look at CDOs: Is Gilbert's that much bigger? An explosively bombing system can throw up an impressive network of assessory feeder-band convection in a matter of hours, and Emily has already done so at least once in the eastern Caribbean."





Heres a Good IR showing Gilberts CDO/CORE and it was MUCH bigger than Emily! Gilberts Hurricane force winds extended out 2x's what emilys does!.....But Emily is a Powerful Dangerous storm that is a threat but she's No comparison to Gilbert ( AT THIS POINT)
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Check out the Pin hole EYE! :eek:
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#29 Postby Normandy » Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:21 am

so it passed north of Cozumel...i always thought it went right over it.
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#30 Postby rtd2 » Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:24 am

Normandy wrote:so it passed north of Cozumel...i always thought it went right over it.



Me too!

OOO! AWESOME...FORGOT ABOUT THIS ONE!

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Gilbert WAS remarkable . . . .

#31 Postby WeatherNole » Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:24 am

Here's my favorite pic of Gilbert. I believe this is when the 888mb was measured.

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Yikes.

#32 Postby WeatherNole » Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:25 am

Well that was kinda spooky.

Beat me to it by a few seconds. :)

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#33 Postby rtd2 » Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:28 am

GOOD minds Think A like! .....I had forgot about that Image of Gilbert...I wouldnt had posted the others had I remebered it! :idea:


Mike As a Pro. Met since Gilbert what storm IF any would you say closley represents Gilbert? .... Mitch? Nothing Concrete needed just your opinion...I know we havent seen ANYTHING close to 888mb since Gilbert....
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#34 Postby Normandy » Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:29 am

Hmmm....id like to put Gilbert and Tip side by side and see which look better.
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#35 Postby rtd2 » Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:36 am

Normandy wrote:Hmmm....id like to put Gilbert and Tip side by side and see which look better.



TIP...Bigger Overall.... Stronger (AT THE EYEWALL) but not as STACKED -CORE...as Gilbert IMHO!


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#36 Postby mike18xx » Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:38 am

The false-colors are definitely wall-art; I used to have a couple from Mitch ...they're probably on that other 60gig drive....
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#37 Postby Normandy » Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:40 am

.....TIp looks like an Upper low :roll: Well not really but Gilbert loooks much better.
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#38 Postby rtd2 » Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:43 am

Normandy wrote:.....TIp looks like an Upper low :roll: Well not really but Gilbert loooks much better.



Agreed Tip looks THIN....but Gilbert is Thick /stacked from Center Out nearly 200miles..... AWESOME CDO :eek:
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#39 Postby Normandy » Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:44 am

Its hard for me to believe looking at that pic of Tip that its the strongest typhoon ever.....it looks weak! It doesnt even have a clear eye.
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#40 Postby mike18xx » Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:46 am

rtd2 wrote:Heres a Good IR showing Gilberts CDO/CORE and it was MUCH bigger than Emily!

Well, dude...run Emily through the same over-saturation IR filter, and she'll look like she's on steroids too.
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