Hurricane Jova in the Pacific heading in the direction of Hawaii

...no discussion or projection at the momment

http://hurricane.terrapin.com/PAC-10E/ctrack.html




<If you have java plot, you can watch this animation of the track>

http://hurricane.terrapin.com/PAC-10E/JavaPlot.html

One hurricane after another. What the hell did Bush do? Upset the weather gods??

I thought those were typhoons.

I could Google, but....

In the September/October 1998 issue of Weatherwise,
Bernice Pearson asked via the Internet...

What is the difference between a hurricane and a typhoon?

ANSWER:

"Hurricane" and "typhoon" are two names for the same thing, namely, a tropical cyclone with winds of 65 knots (75 m.p.h.) or more. When these storms occur in the Western Hemisphere (in the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico), we call them hurricanes. When they occur in the North Pacific Ocean west of the International Date Line, we call them typhoons. Names of Pacific hurricanes, Atlantic hurricanes, and typhoons are all derived from separate lists.

There are climatological differences between hurricanes and typhoons. In order for tropical cyclones to form, sea surface temperatures are usually at least 26 degrees Celsius (79 degrees Fahrenheit). The warmer the water, the greater the energy potentially available to the tropical cyclone. Because the sea surface temperature is about 2 degrees Celsius warmer in the western tropical Pacific than all other places tropical cyclones form, and the layer of warm water is thicker and more extensive there, typhoons tend to be more vigorous and numerous than hurricanes. Whereas the hurricane season lasts from June to November, the typhoon season lasts from May through December. In fact, typhoons can occur in every month of the year.

PI and VN, they always called the storms typhoons.

Also, I thought typhoons spun clockwise, rather than ccw like hurricanes. But I could be mistaken on that.

Side of the 180 longitude line.

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Didn't we blow past J already? Or do the Atlantic and Pacific get a separate set of names?

There is

Stan, Tammy, Vince, and Wilma left for the Atlantic before they go to Greek characters.

Here's a link - It lists them all:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml

n/t

Due to expire in a few days. However, it should make for great surfing.

Now we're all going to be kicked out of the Garden of America.