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25th Anniversary of the Blizzard of 1978
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 8:05 pm
by Stormsfury
Classic example of the rare 3 stream phased blizzard (93 Superstorm - also a 3 stream phased blizzard)
http://www.mindspring.com/~emzeman/Blizzard.htm
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 2:02 pm
by isobar
Stormsfury, I'm unfamiliar with the term - 3 stream phased blizzard, but am totally fascinated by the dynamics of this storm. Could you please describe it? Thanks!
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 2:17 pm
by Rob-TheStormChaser
Might be time to whip out the 'ol Miller A and B Types while you're at it buddy! lol
3 Streamed Phased System
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 3:19 pm
by Stormsfury
A perfect example is the Superstorm 1993
Energy from the 3 jet streams, the Subtropical, the Polar, and the Arctic Jet came together to produce the March 1993 Superstorm ...
thus the term 3 streamed phased blizzard.
Check out my website for more information on the Superstorm 1993 (Winter Weather Page and/or Interesting Facts) for more details on the Superstorm, plus the 500mb Geopotential Heights Profile that day.
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 3:25 pm
by Rob-TheStormChaser
Almost a perfect storm if you will! Dang Mike that Avatar got big buddy...went from a TD to a CAT 5! lmao
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 3:29 pm
by Stormsfury
*LOL* -
Yeah, I got a PM asking about that as well! ...
If they can resize it on that end, great ...
If not, I can reduce the size through my website.
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 3:38 pm
by chadtm80
Got it sized for your.
went from a TD to a CAT 5! lmao
LMAO
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 3:40 pm
by Rob-TheStormChaser
lol that thing was scary man! I gotta go on another recon to find me a good tornado avatar that looks reasonably...real..lol
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 4:11 pm
by Stormsfury
Rob, I have the Myrtle Beach tornado F2 on my website - but it's a huge picture, man!!!....*LOL*
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 4:18 pm
by Rob-TheStormChaser
lol my brother saw that...wasnt that last year or just in 2001?? He said it picked alot of trees and debris up across from his parking lot of a catering place he worked at...they found some of the tents 3/4 mile away! lol
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 4:37 pm
by Stormsfury
Sorry it took so long to respond back ... I was finishing the update to the website ---
The Myrtle Beach Tornado occurred on My birthday, July 6th, 2001...
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 5:24 pm
by isobar
Thanks for the reply, Stormsfury. And BTW, great links on your site on the 1899 blizzard and cold snap.
Do you get the feeling that Rob has Tropical Cyclone envy?
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 5:25 pm
by Rob-TheStormChaser
lol
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 6:23 pm
by Stormsfury
*LOL*
What I went through during Hugo can only be described as pure hell ...
My site has a very detailed account of what I went through ... (It's too large to post here cause it's two separate pages) -
But it was an experience I'll never forget ... I got the eye of Hugo as well - I always wanted to experience that ...
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 5:39 am
by Rob-TheStormChaser
1978 we got a foot of snow for our area during the blizzard.