Hurricanes making their own environment

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Hurricanes making their own environment

#1 Postby Galvestongirl » Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:35 pm

can someone explain to me about hurricanes making their own environment? does this basically mean they will go where they want to go? Is Dennis in the position of making its own enviornment?
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anyone know?

#2 Postby Galvestongirl » Fri Jul 08, 2005 4:20 pm

I am guessing it is just a wives tale...I couldnt find anything on the internet, it may be that I am just searching in the wrong spots.
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#3 Postby LSU2001 » Fri Jul 08, 2005 4:22 pm

Read about hurricane allen's path. he wasf forecast to turn for days but kept on north west. I have heard others discuss this when talking about hurricanes impacting their surroundings.
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#4 Postby djtil » Fri Jul 08, 2005 4:22 pm

not really, hurricanes move along "paths of least resistance" for the most part...things get tricky when there are weak steering currents but thats not the case with this storm.
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#5 Postby The Big Dog » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:33 pm

lsu2001 wrote:Read about hurricane allen's path. he wasf forecast to turn for days but kept on north west. I have heard others discuss this when talking about hurricanes impacting their surroundings.
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Keep in mind, Allen was 25 years ago. I'm not sure what, if anything, they had in the way of modelling back then. The NHC's 5-day forecast is as accurate as the 2-day forecast was in 1980.
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#6 Postby Ola » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:45 pm

Only extremelly powerful Huricans can attempt to do that. They create such a strong high presure aloft that it can work against other forces in the path. But not against a strong through, no Hurricane can overcome that.
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