Environment & Energy

phantom power

(25,966 posts) Fri Oct 23, 2015, 09:04 AM Oct 2015

Hurricane Patricia enters wtf territory: 200 mph, 880 mb

what the fucking fuck?

http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/eastern-pacific/2015/Hurricane-Patricia?map=sat

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Hurricane Patricia enters wtf territory: 200 mph, 880 mb (Original Post) phantom power Oct 2015 OP

The biggest on record EVER! Evergreen Emerald Oct 2015 #1

Most powerful. These cat-5 storms tend to be smaller. Wound up tight and mean. phantom power Oct 2015 #2

Massive amount of heat right there to feed the beast OnlinePoker Oct 2015 #3

Near as I can tell, sea surface temps are always in a primed state now phantom power Oct 2015 #4

Fuck, that's a lot of red. nt NickB79 Oct 2015 #5

Yes. Ghost Dog Oct 2015 #6

Up and worried about the people artislife Oct 2015 #7

Evergreen Emerald

(13,069 posts)

1. The biggest on record EVER!

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 09:08 AM

Oct 2015

That is scary.

phantom power

(25,966 posts)

2. Most powerful. These cat-5 storms tend to be smaller. Wound up tight and mean.

Reply to Evergreen Emerald (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 09:15 AM

Oct 2015

OnlinePoker

(5,716 posts)

3. Massive amount of heat right there to feed the beast

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 12:37 PM

Oct 2015

phantom power

(25,966 posts)

4. Near as I can tell, sea surface temps are always in a primed state now

Reply to OnlinePoker (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 12:44 PM

Oct 2015

It comes down to waiting for the right convection and low wind shear conditions and you'll get a major hurricane.

NickB79

(19,224 posts)

5. Fuck, that's a lot of red. nt

Reply to OnlinePoker (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 03:56 PM

Oct 2015

Ghost Dog

(16,881 posts)

6. Yes.

Reply to OnlinePoker (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 04:06 PM

Oct 2015

(The warmer than usual Eastern North Atlantic is helping to bring unusually copious tropical rain to my arid island, off the Saharan coast, right now, with more to come. Here it is very welcome, in spite of the damage...).

Edit: See also: http://www.democraticunderground.com/112792752

... & for Spanish readers: http://www.cazatormentas.net/foro/meteorologia-el-tiempo-en-las-islas-canarias/pronosticos-y-modelos-meteorologicos-canarias-octubre-2015/300/

artislife

(9,497 posts)

7. Up and worried about the people

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Sat Oct 24, 2015, 03:54 AM

Oct 2015

In her path.

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