similarities to Gloria 85
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similarities to Gloria 85
I was just wondering if anyone here thinks there are some similarities between isabel and gloria.?
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[quote="DT"]NO similarities at all to Isabel -- BUT to the over done Media hype in the BIG cities of the northeast and the disappointment from weather hobbyits in the northeast this event will be identical to glorida in 1985[/quote]
I hope you are 100% correct. A repeat of Gloria would be just fine with us right now.
Jude- in Cape May County, NJ
I hope you are 100% correct. A repeat of Gloria would be just fine with us right now.
Jude- in Cape May County, NJ
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i wasnt sure about the isabel gloria cinnection. I have heard somepeople say that there was. I was sure it was juist media hype. I lived in SE MA during gloria and i can remerber not having power for a week and my dad who worked up at a shipyard in Boston coudnt get home for about 4 days due to falling tress etc on the highway.
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JetMaxx
This is a different type of hurricane than Gloria was. Even ay her peak intensity of 919 mb, Gloria's sustained winds were only 145 mph.....we saw higher winds with Isabel at 934 mb....
Gloria wasn't an "annular hurricane" with a large eye feature....
Also, the synoptic situation is different than in 1985 when Gloria was approaching the Carolina Outer Banks....if the pattern now was like it was then, I wouldn't be nearly as concerned that Isabel would strengthen much before landfall...but I ALWAYS worry when a hurricane turns NW (or WNW) underneath a high pressure ridge while approaching the southeast coast...a pattern that favors intensification in a similar fashion as hurricane Hugo did in 1989.
Gloria wasn't an "annular hurricane" with a large eye feature....
Also, the synoptic situation is different than in 1985 when Gloria was approaching the Carolina Outer Banks....if the pattern now was like it was then, I wouldn't be nearly as concerned that Isabel would strengthen much before landfall...but I ALWAYS worry when a hurricane turns NW (or WNW) underneath a high pressure ridge while approaching the southeast coast...a pattern that favors intensification in a similar fashion as hurricane Hugo did in 1989.
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