Just a little horn tooting from me as to the report from Isabel on the NHC site. Scroll down to the section "unofficial wind readings" and look for Atlantic Beach. That's me. Well, us. My group, the Hurricane Intercept Research Team was there and did not record or observe hurricane force winds. We came close. But no cigar.
We use RM Young anemometers on 5 meter masts- so the equipment is good. The exposure was ecellent, no terrain or buildings in the way during the "outer eyewall". All I can say is that the west side of the hurricane, where we were, was far weaker than the north and east side. Plus, Isabel had limited deep convection- except right near Ocracoke when it made landfall. Oh well. Hard to get a Chevy Tahoe on to Ocracoke knowing that it might get washed away.
Anyhow- I am heading to the NHC in February to talk to Max Mayfield and other staffers about how my group can better collect data. Our aim is to have a mobile tower system, similar to those used by Clemson Univ. to place in the path of future hurricanes and storms.
See the link to our wind data from Atlantic Beach here:
http://www.hurricanetrack.com/isabelwind.htm
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Great work Mark and now let's see what 2004 brings in terms of hurricane chasing.
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~Floydbuster wrote:I am guessing Northeast Florida, Louisiana, Texas and Old Mexico will be hardest hit this year. In 2003, North Carolina, Texas, and Old Mexico were hit the hardest.
Such isn't exactly true. Just b/c an area is due to be hit doesn't make them any more LIKELY to be hit. That's dictated by the overall weather pattern. Take a look at Florida for example, periods of many strikes, followed by periods of all misses.
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