"Dirty Side of the Storm"

[brunota2003]

you guys have heard this term: its also known as the RFQ or Right Front Quadrant

I didn't know "right front quadrant" was the same TERM as "dirty side of the storm." There's a difference between what a term MEANS and what it actually SAYS. They may mean the same thing, but they're still different terms.

when did I say that they were the exact terms? I would like to know please...

Uh...it's quoted right there.

"you guys have heard this term: its also known as the RFQ or Right Front Quadrant"

But it's not like it matters that much. Just me being picky.

I was mentioning that most people here on the site have heard the term RFQ before, but then stated what it was just incase there was anyone new who didnt know what exactly RFQ ment

[all_we_know_is_FALLING]

I've heard "Dirty Side of the Storm" for a while, actually.

I think the name is fitting. It's the side you don't want to be on.

[m_ru]

I've heard the term for so many years I can't remember when I first heard it. I know it was being used in the 80's a lot.

Wilma's Dirty side was the backside, not the NE Quad. when she crossed FL

The NE Quad is known as the dirty side for the Northern Gulf Coast. In other areas the dirty side may be a completely different quadrant.

[CrazyC83]

I've heard the term for so many years I can't remember when I first heard it. I know it was being used in the 80's a lot.

Wilma's Dirty side was the backside, not the NE Quad. when she crossed FL

The NE Quad is known as the dirty side for the Northern Gulf Coast. In other areas the dirty side may be a completely different quadrant.

Right front is only the NE side if the storm is moving northward. If it is moving west, it is the NW side, and if it is moving east, it is the SE side.

[m_ru]

I've heard the term for so many years I can't remember when I first heard it. I know it was being used in the 80's a lot.

Wilma's Dirty side was the backside, not the NE Quad. when she crossed FL

The NE Quad is known as the dirty side for the Northern Gulf Coast. In other areas the dirty side may be a completely different quadrant.

Right front is only the NE side if the storm is moving northward. If it is moving west, it is the NW side, and if it is moving east, it is the SE side.

Exactly what I was trying to say!

[SkeetoBite]

According to the National Hurricane Center; "an average of 75% of the total area of these storms is located to the North and East of the center of the storm".

Looking at the image below, you notice that most of this storm is offset to the upper right (North East) from the center of the storm. Since this is where the bulk of the storm is, this is also where the bulk of the "action" is. If you imagine the storm represents the face of a clock, the "dirty side" of the storm is around 2 o'clock relative the the direction the storm is traveling.


We added the windfield to our maps last year so folks could better understand the dimensions and potential impact of the storms. This windfield data is provided by the NHC, we don't make it up

[Recurve]

Love those windfield charts, skeeto.

Sailors call the south side of an east-to-west moving storm "the safe side," as I understand it both because the winds are less and because they don't drive you onto the coast. NHC posts charts of the "Mariner's rule" showing that if you are in a ship at sea and can't get completely out of the way, you want to at least be on the bottom/back side rather than the top/front.