2005 hurricane season wind swath!

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2005 hurricane season wind swath!

#1 Postby truballer#1 » Fri Oct 07, 2005 6:27 pm

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#2 Postby Tampa Bay Hurricane » Fri Oct 07, 2005 6:38 pm

Wow. The activity in the GOM has been simply INSANE.
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#3 Postby Swimdude » Fri Oct 07, 2005 7:11 pm

GOM is about 90% covered. Whew.
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#4 Postby Lowpressure » Fri Oct 07, 2005 7:16 pm

Love the graphic.
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#5 Postby WindRunner » Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:46 am

Swimdude wrote:GOM is about 90% covered. Whew.


The only ones missing out on the action in the gulf are the central TX coast and the west coast of FL. Neither have even TS winds yet.
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#6 Postby cycloneye » Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:48 am

Missing from that is the NE Caribbean which has been untouched this season thankfully.
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#7 Postby inotherwords » Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:17 am

WindRunner wrote:
Swimdude wrote:GOM is about 90% covered. Whew.


The only ones missing out on the action in the gulf are the central TX coast and the west coast of FL. Neither have even TS winds yet.
We on the W coast of FL had more than our share last year, but we're not out of the woods yet. All this Caribbean action is making me nervous.
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#8 Postby Tampa Bay Hurricane » Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:32 am

WindRunner wrote:
Swimdude wrote:GOM is about 90% covered. Whew.


The only ones missing out on the action in the gulf are the central TX coast and the west coast of FL. Neither have even TS winds yet.


I agree that most of the North FL West Coast have been spared
TS force winds.

But the central and South Florida West Coast has seen its fair share of Tropical Storm Force winds :wink: . My hobby is collecting wind data, so
here we go:

Well, the map doesn's show this, but I dug up some observations
at St. Petersburg from this season. :wink:
Dennis brought us Tropical Storm Force winds
with gusts to 58 mph in St. Petersburg during July.
Also, an outer band from Katrina led to a gust to 48 mph
in St. Petersburg.
Also, during Rita, an outer band caused 40-50 mph gusts.
During Tammy's formation, outer bands that crossed
the state also produced 40-50 mph gusts.

So that's four occasions of tropical storm force gust conditions.
It's been a wild season. But we have dodged many serious
bullets here.

My prayers are with all storm victims this brutal 2005 season has
afflicted.
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#9 Postby Aslkahuna » Sat Oct 08, 2005 3:35 pm

Gusts don't count, those are sustained wind swaths.

Steve
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#10 Postby Tampa Bay Hurricane » Sat Oct 08, 2005 3:42 pm

Aslkahuna wrote:Gusts don't count, those are sustained wind swaths.

Steve


That explains it :D
Whoops I always thought they did it by gusts...

WOW THOSE ARE SUSTAINED WINDS...INSANE!!! The GOM
was pummeled this year...
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#11 Postby gpickett00 » Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:57 pm

Here, near Cape Canaveral Florida, we were in the yellow (tropical storm force winds) and under a tropical storm warning during Ophelia. Our sustained winds were only at about 25mph though. This is just one case, but those wind swaths aren't completely accurate.
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#12 Postby wxmann_91 » Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:02 pm

Gosh, everybody from Freeport, TX to St. Marks, FL experienced at least sustained Tropical storm force winds. Crazy.
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#13 Postby mtm4319 » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:38 am

If those on the Florida west coast south of St. Petersburg weren't included in the TS winds for Dennis, they're sure included now with Wilma's passage. I'd like to see an updated map of this.
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#14 Postby Cookiely » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:48 am

The worst of the wind gusts came after Wilma had passed and the sun came out. I went to gas the car up and a gust literally yanked the steering wheel out of my hands. Talk about scared.
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#15 Postby Swimdude » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:17 pm

The map seems to have left out Florida..

Oh wait, there it is.

:lol:
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#16 Postby El Nino » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:24 pm

Just incredible ...; But the activity in the far east is quite interesting too.

Good one, really ...
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#17 Postby jdray » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:55 pm

Swimdude wrote:The map seems to have left out Florida..

Oh wait, there it is.

:lol:



Notice from Orlando north/nw to Valdosta. Seems to be the safe part of the state this year.
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#18 Postby n o o d l z » Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:25 pm

That map is missing Wilma, you can kiss the rest of the Caribbean and Florida goodbye with that wind swath.
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#19 Postby n o o d l z » Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:26 pm

jdray wrote:
Swimdude wrote:The map seems to have left out Florida..

Oh wait, there it is.

:lol:



Notice from Orlando north/nw to Valdosta. Seems to be the safe part of the state this year.


:boog:
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