Why is Emily so small

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Why is Emily so small

#1 Postby tailgater » Thu Jul 14, 2005 7:50 pm

Does any know why she's so small, and since she is now, will that change much? :?:
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#2 Postby GalvestonDuck » Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:00 pm

Floyd was pretty small too, compared to Andrew.
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#3 Postby TheShrimper » Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:01 pm

I think you have that reversed pal.
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#4 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:02 pm

I think you got them backwards. Floyd was huge next to the small Andrew. In fact Andrew had hurricane force winds for landfall outwards of 45 nmi. Emily only has 25 nmi. Same as charley had landfall.
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#5 Postby Hyperstorm » Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:06 pm

It is not totally understood why some hurricanes become so large and others remain very compact, but it mostly has to do with the kind of disturbance that originated it.

Tropical waves in the Atlantic and monsoon troughs in the Western Pacific tend to originate the largest hurricanes. Cold-core lows which transition to tropical lows generally develop the smallest hurricanes. Again, this is generally.

One thing to remember is that it doesn't matter how large or small a hurricane is, strength doesn't relate to it...
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#6 Postby Thunder44 » Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:19 pm

Well, it's good that it's so small because that means a smaller area of impact and more fragile system.
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#7 Postby canegrl04 » Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:24 pm

Camille was small and look what she did
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#8 Postby HURAKAN » Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:26 pm

Looking for this,

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I think even Andrew was bigger than what Emily is now.
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#9 Postby wxwatcher91 » Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:26 pm

ya actually Floyd was HUGE compared to ANY hurricane...
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#10 Postby GalvestonDuck » Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:26 pm

TheShrimper wrote:I think you have that reversed pal.


No I don't. Oh, wait...we're talking hurricanes. Okay, yeah...my bad. :)
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#11 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:27 pm

Emily is tighting so much it might be the size of cyclone tracy soon. :roll:
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#12 Postby CalmBeforeStorm » Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:32 pm

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#13 Postby Swimdude » Thu Jul 14, 2005 9:01 pm

Hahaha yeah I remember Floyd. He was a bit overweight, that's for sure.

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#14 Postby EDR1222 » Thu Jul 14, 2005 9:14 pm

Frances, Ivan, And Jeanne were fairly large hurricanes as well.
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#15 Postby themusk » Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:00 pm

Gilbert looks like something out of one's worst nightmares.
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#16 Postby cccmachine » Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:23 pm

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#17 Postby Skywatch_NC » Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:27 pm

Swimdude wrote:Hahaha yeah I remember Floyd. He was a bit overweight, that's for sure.

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Or just water retention...bursting at the seams with his flooding thereafter.

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#18 Postby MGC » Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:38 pm

Given the option to get hit by a small hurricane or a large hurricane of simular intensity I'd pick the small one. The big one will weaken slower....MGC
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#19 Postby InimanaChoogamaga » Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:42 pm

Gilbert would give poor little Emily quite a fright. She's very tiny.
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#20 Postby Hurricaneman » Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:33 pm

She seems to be one of the top 25 smallest hurricanes
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