Re: Hurricane Ian
D.J. <[email protected]>
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| Organization | Ye Tycho Crater Ice Cream Parlor |
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On Wed, 5 Oct 2022 22:22:15 -0700, Barry Gold <[email protected]> wrote: >On 10/5/2022 8:38 PM, Tim Merrigan wrote: >>> No. Designations like Nor'Easter refer to the direction the wind is >>> blowing from at the speaker's location. Hurricanes have a circular wind >>> pattern, and are usually counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere. >>> >>> So if Ian is sitting in the Atlantic somewhere off the coast of New >>> York, the most likely direction of winds in NYC is from the Northeast. >>> Hence... >> Is/was it still a hurricane when it got to the North East? > >I don't think so, but the difference between a "tropical storm" and a >"hurricane" is wind velocity, not direction or pattern. It did break up, but it was still a counter-clockwise air flow yesterday. Currently pounding Nova Scotia with rain and heavy thunderstorms. Should fall apart soon when it starts hitting colder ocean water. -- Jim