Does the fact that we have had a 99L mean there have been 99 waves or somethings with a relatively low pressure worthy of giving a number to since the beginning of hurricane season?
How does that compare with 2005 at this date for the Atlantic?
???L - 2007 v. 2005
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???L - 2007 v. 2005
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Re: ???L - 2007 v. 2005
RBDnhm wrote:Does the fact that we have had a 99L mean there have been 99 waves or somethings with a relatively low pressure worthy of giving a number to since the beginning of hurricane season?
How does that compare with 2005 at this date for the Atlantic?
No, invests are given numbers 90-99L and it has now gone through that cycle twice or three times this season.
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Thank you for the reply. Why start at 90? Since named storms start at "A", why not start with 1 for invests?
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RBDnhm wrote:Thank you for the reply. Why start at 90? Since named storms start at "A", why not start with 1 for invests?
I forget what the all the numbers mean, but each set of numbers has a different use. IE 80-89L are tests (i think) and there are other uses but I forgot what they all are.
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RBDnhm wrote:Thank you for the reply. Why start at 90? Since named storms start at "A", why not start with 1 for invests?
If we started with 1 for invests, there would be confusion between invests and named storms.
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Wasn't 50L used for that south atlantic hurricane?-
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1-49 are for actual tropical cyclones.
50-69 are reserved for special use. (i.e. Cyclone Catarina was 50L)
70-79 are for internal use for training purposes.
80-89 are for test invests.
90-99 are for operational invests.
Each one repeats itself after a cycle is completed (I doubt we will ever have to go from 49x to 01x in any basin though).
50-69 are reserved for special use. (i.e. Cyclone Catarina was 50L)
70-79 are for internal use for training purposes.
80-89 are for test invests.
90-99 are for operational invests.
Each one repeats itself after a cycle is completed (I doubt we will ever have to go from 49x to 01x in any basin though).
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