With such a forward speed, Ivan

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With such a forward speed, Ivan

#1 Postby ilmc172pilot » Mon Sep 06, 2004 11:12 am

sure has and is getting healthier....I thought that a high forward speed hindered development?....but this has proven that wrong
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Re: With such a forward speed, Ivan

#2 Postby x-y-no » Mon Sep 06, 2004 11:13 am

ilmc172pilot wrote:sure has and is getting healthier....I thought that a high forward speed hindered development?....but this has proven that wrong


That's a myth.
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#3 Postby lilbump3000 » Mon Sep 06, 2004 11:14 am

Dont belive that no sense about fast moving storms. He has just proved that a fast moving storm can survive, charley was moving fast and didnt die so thats just nonsense.
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#4 Postby Stormchaser16 » Mon Sep 06, 2004 11:16 am

Your both...... wrong....... im sorry

Fast speed does inhibit development of tropical systems..... and NO Ivan is not proving that wrong....

Fast forward motion inhibits weaker systems from maintaing a closed LLC..... hence Earl......hence Bonnie....hence Claudette....... etc. Weaker systems cant close off a west wind when they are moving so fast, however stronger systems already have that closed LLC and will likely maintain it
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#5 Postby Derecho » Mon Sep 06, 2004 11:21 am

No, there IS a forward speed myth....

People got the mistaken impression that nothing moving faster than 15-16 kts couldn't develop at all, from a variety of storms that degenerated into open waves.

Any TC can move at any forward speed and develop as long as there isn't any storm-relative shear; the problem with the fast moving storms that had problems is that various levels of the atmosphere were moving at different speeds. Also many of the "it's MOVING TOO FAST!" storms actually had more problems from dry air than forward movement speed.

Hopefully Ivan will also finally kill off the moronic myth abouth there "Not being enough Coriolis" south of 10N too.
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